Study Identifies Blood Protein Albumin as Key Defense Against Deadly fungal infection “Mucormycosis”

2026-01-26 - 15:14

Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new international study published in Nature has identified albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood, as a powerful and previously unrecognized defense against mucormycosis, a rare but often fatal fungal infection. The research was led by George Chamilos, MD and his laboratory at the University of Crete and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, with critical contributions from a Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation team lead by Professor Ashraf Ibrahim, PhD. Read More