Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently used in a test against leukemia cells and resulted in those cells being ...

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

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

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

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

The deadly fungus credited with killing the archaeologists that opened the tomb of King Tut might become a treatment for ...

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound after ...

Six new prenylated indole alkaloids, named notoamides F−K (8−13), were isolated from a marine-derived Aspergillus sp. Their structures, including absolute configurations, were elucidated by ...

Asperterpenol A (1) and asperterpenol B (2), two novel sesterterpenoids with an unusual 5/8/6/6 tetracyclic ring skeleton, were isolated from a mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. 085242. The ...