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Lethal infections by environmental fungi are becoming increasingly common with advances in medical technologies for treatment of cancers and for organ transplants. Therapeutic options for these fungal infections are very limited, and new interventions are urgently needed. This proposal seeks to discover new therapeutic options to treat invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and to identify approaches to minimizing the risk of contracting these infections as a result of these cancer and organ transplant medical procedures.
