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A fungus linked to the deaths of archaeologists who excavated the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the 1920s could be used to ...

Used medicinally by Native Americans for centuries, Monotropa uniflora — a.k.a. ghost pipe — is having a moment on social media. Not everybody is happy about it.

The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA (TLI) announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

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Could psychedelics be the next frontier in longevity research? Early data show psilocybin delays aging in lab tests.

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