Posts Tagged ‘Cordyceps’
I couldn’t help but notice What If Terrorists Use the ‘Zombie Ant’ Brain Fungus to Make Zombie Suicide Bombers? at Gawker.com: Remember that brain fungus that forces “zombie ants” to leave their colonies and march around feeding a fungal organism in their brains until one day it pops out and kills them? What if the [...]
Tags: Cordyceps, entomopathogenic fungi, Ophiocordyceps, paranoia, terrorism, zombie ant fungus
According to Scientists discover how Cordyceps mushrooms fight cancer by S. L. Baker, recent research has made progress in understanding how cordycepin, isolated from Cordyceps fungi (Ascomycota), may act to inhibit the growth and spread of cancer cells: The University of Nottingham scientists found that the Cordyceps-derived treatment has two important effects on cells that [...]
Tags: cancer, cordycepin, Cordyceps, medicinal mushrooms
