University of Georgia faculty member Michelle Momany is one of 65 new fellows elected to the American Academy of Microbiology, Class of 2024. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced…
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It starts out with a cough and slightly slurred speech. Then come the muscle spasms and dramatic mood shifts.
In HBO’s hit show “The Last of Us,” these are the beginning signs that a human has contracted a fungal infection that turns people into zombies and rips through the fabric of modern society.
The premise may sound improbable, but it is based on a very real fungus that really does infect brains and bodies, turning its victims into mindless…