Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created a portable food safety device they hope will one day be used at ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

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

Could a legendary tomb curse become a medical miracle? Scientists may have reengineered Aspergillus flavus, linked to King ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

A toxic fungus determined to be behind the "curse" of Tutankhamun’s tomb can help fight cancer, scientists believe. The deadly mould, Aspergillus flavus, often grows in long-sealed tombs and can ...

"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...

A fungus linked to the deaths of archaeologists who excavated the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the 1920s could be used to ...

A mold speculated to have been behind the deaths of a few who dared breach the tomb of Tutankhamun may be hiding a hopeful ...

A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania transforming Aspergillus flavus, a toxic fungus historically associated with mysterious deaths in ancient tombs, into a powerful anticancer ...

The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...

Even in their natural state, some asperigimycins killed leukemia cells in lab tests. But the researchers went further. By ...