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Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...

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Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus ...

A dreaded fungus known to inhabit tombs has been reconstituted as a treatment for leukemia and is performing as effectively ...

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound after ...

The story of the “Pharaoh’s Curse” haunted archaeologists for hundreds of years. It started with the excavation of King ...

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