Visualizing fungal infections deep in living tissue reveals proline metabolism link to virulence

Low-Res_PRESS RELEASE Silao Peuckert Ljungdahl

The first successful application of 2-photon intravital microscopy (IVM) to image the dynamics of fungal infections in the kidney of a living host reveals that Candida albicans requires the ability to metabolize proline to mount virulent infections.

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