Researchers have cracked the code behind how plants make mitraphylline, a rare cancer-fighting molecule. Their discovery of ...

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They've provided treatments for a wide range of ...

Two researchers in a laboratory setting: doctoral student Tuan-Anh Nguyen on the left and Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang examining plant ...

The process by which fungi synthesize some of their most potent compounds has remained unclear for many years. This is especially true of cyclopentachromone, a key building block in fungal products ...

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.

Scientists have found how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare spirooxindole alkaloid with anti-cancer properties. This ...

Human papillomaviruses, or HPVs, can cause dangerous infections in the skin and mucous membranes and may lead to cancer. Vaccines that prevent mucosal HPV infections aren't effective against cutaneous ...