Researchers believe that a fungus thought to be found in ancient tombs may provide a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer.
The fungus Aspergillus flavus, sometimes dubbed the “mummy’s curse” for its potential link to the deaths of archaeologists who excavated famous tombs like that of King Tutankhamen in Egypt, shows promise in stopping cancers such as leukemia, according to a new study published Monday in Nature Chemical Biology from a team of scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania.
