Posts Tagged ‘medicinal mushrooms’
A Dr. Marvin Hausman, urologist, transplant surgeon and founder of Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. (TNS) is touting a special mushroom formulation to treat a range of maladies including Alzheimer’s. It apparently works in fruit flies.
According to Wisdom in mushrooms, Local doctor believes he may have found the cure to Alzheimer’s disease by Jason Horton:
Recently, through [...]
Tags: Agaricus blazei, Agaricus subrufescens, medicinal mushrooms, Total Nutraceutical Solutions, UV radiation, vitamin D
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 could [...]
Tags: cancer, cordycepin, Cordyceps, medicinal mushrooms
Andy Isaacson of Mother Jones has written an in-depth article discussing a wide range of work, including a significant amount of biographical background, involving Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti.
The Search for an Endangered Mushroom That Could Cure Smallpox, TB and Bird Flu begins aboard a boat. (Note: It’s a five page article but this link [...]
Tags: agarikon, medicinal mushrooms, Stamets
No charge. Really! All you have to do is ask and I’ll arrange to have it sent to you.
David Spahr’s book Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada is now available for a MycoRant review. The publisher will send a copy to the reviewer directly. If you are a mycologist at a [...]
Tags: books, edible mushrooms, medicinal mushrooms
According to Carson company training biopharmaceutical leaders, the Nevada-based company Aloha Medicinals is looking to hire and train postdoctoral researchers in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. This is noteworthy because Aloha specializes in mushrooms.
According to company scientist Dr. John Holliday: “The value we are offering to these post-doctoral students is they are able to come here and put [...]
Tags: Aloha, medicinal mushrooms, training
Among all the web news about fungi, posts about medicinal mushrooms are notably less common than those about just plain old “mushrooms.” Here’s a collection of recent medicinal mushroom mentions found using both Google and Bing (Honestly? Bing isn’t up to speed for my purposes).
A Melding of Performance Art and Mycological Culture?
It’s a pleasure to [...]
Tags: cancer, influenza, medicinal mushrooms, mushroom growing
(Update 09/010/09 – the book has been claimed. Look for the review soon.)
Author Robert Rogers was kind enough to send to MycoRant his book, The Fungal Pharmacy . Subtitled Medicinal Mushrooms of Western Canada, this spiral bound edition contains 230 pages of color photographs and text.
Robert [...]
Tags: books, medicinal mushrooms
