A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus ...

Credit: Shutterstock A toxic mold once feared for causing mysterious deaths in ancient tombs is now at the center of a ...

Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently ...

The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

In a remarkable twist of science, researchers have transformed a fungus long associated with death into a potential weapon ...

The toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus— known as the “Pharaoh’s Curse” due to its role in the deaths of archaeologists who ...

A little over 100 years ago, King Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened in Egypt, releasing rumors of a curse. Today, researchers ...

Study published in Nature Chemical Biology marks an important step towards discovering new fungal cancer treatments.

In the 1970s, a dozen scientists entered the tomb of Casimir IV in Poland. Within weeks, 10 of them died from Aspergillus ...

These results show that many more medicines derived from natural products remain to be found,” one professor said.

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

When people died after entering the ancient pyramids for the first time it was blamed on a Pharaoh's Curse or Mummy's Revenge ...