Common herbicide compound may save millions of lives

4 Oct 2018
UQ PhD student Mario D. Garcia
UQ PhD student Mario D. Garcia conducting one of the many experiments involved in the research

A chemical compound found in common herbicides could help fight hospital-acquired human fungal pathogenic infections, which claim an estimated two million lives per year.

A team of international researchers led by The University of Queensland has discovered that the chemical chlorimuron ethyl also targets a range of fungal infections that are potentially fatal to humans, particularly people undergoing treatments which place the immune system under stress.

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