Scientists from P&G Beauty announced that they successfully sequenced the complete genome for Malassezia globosa, a naturally-occurring fungus responsible for the onset of dandruff and other skin ... A new study shows that skin fungus colonization of Malassezia globosa speeds up breast cancer tumor growth. A common skin fungus, Malassezia globosa may invade deep tissues through the skin or by ...

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A common dandruff-causing skin fungus could be fuelling breast cancer, in the latest discovery linking a microscopic organism to types of the disease. Chinese scientists found Malassezia globosa, a ... The genetic code of the fungus that causes dandruff has been cracked by an international team of scientists. They hope a detailed knowledge of the genome of Malassezia globosa could lead to more ...

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One in two people in the world have had dandruff at some point in their life, but we don’t have to put up with flaky scalps. We all have Malassezia globosa, a fungus on our scalps that survives on the ... A common skin fungus, Malassezia globosa may invade deep tissues through the skin or by other means, then cause tumor growth, according to a new study. The study results were reported in mBio, an open ...