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An acute, usually fulminating fungus infection of humans

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  • She also has had mucormycosis, a fungus that affects diabetics who have ketoacidosis, particularly their eyes and nasal passages.
  • TITLE: The endothelial cell receptor GRP78 is required for mucormycosis pathogenesis in diabetic mice
  • She chose the first major because her mother, Deborah Thompson, had died in 2002 of mucormycosis, an aggressive fungal condition.
  • These data provide an explanation as to why patients with DKA are highly susceptible to mucormycosis and have uncovered a potential new approach to treating this...
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