In an interview on CBC’s The Current, Dr. Bryan Yipp discusses the global threat posed by fungi

A recent scene from HBO’s new hit series The Last of Us has a fungal infection taking over the world, turning humans into zombie-like creatures whose aim is to spread the infection. Yes, it’s science fiction, but in an interview on CBC’s The Current, Dr. Bryan Yipp (clinician-researcher, Snyder Institute, UCalgary) and Dr. Leah Cowen (professor, Molecular Genetics, UToronto) explain that although we probably won’t turn into zombies, the global threat posed by fungi is very real.