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A type of fungus which grows on caterpillars can slow down growth of cancer cells, new research has found. Cordycepin, a chemical produced by a parasitic fungus that infects the animals, interacts ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through ...

Sounds eerily like the cordyceps from The Last of Us. Kudzu greatly impacts ecosystems, too. As it outcompetes native grasses and plants and blocks sunlight trees need to photosynthesize, it has ...

The fungus is called Cordyceps militaris, and it’s the brightly-colored relative of more infamous fungi known to mind-control its victims. C. militaris itself is regularly used in Chinese ...

The compound, known as cordycepin, is produced by a parasitic fungus called Cordyceps militaris that infects caterpillars. The fungus itself is well known for its medicinal qualities, particularly ...

According to the study, the chemical cordycepin, produced by Cordyceps militaris, a pretty orange fungus that infects the caterpillars, shows potential as a cancer medicine. This chemical ...

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