Fungus in a glass petri dish via Wikicommons In a stunning discovery, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have harnessed a deadly fungus, once blamed for the “Pharaoh’s Curse,” to develop a promising new treatment for blood cancer. This breakthrough, rooted in a toxin produced by the Aspergillus flavus mold, could offer hope to patients battling leukemia. The story begins in the 1920s, when famed archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb, an event followed by the mysterious deaths of eight team members. Whispers of a “Pharaoh’s Curse” spread, but medical experts suspected a fungal culprit. Decades later, the excavation of King Casimir IV of Poland’s tomb in the 1970s confirmed these suspicions. Four of twelve archaeologists died within weeks, and investigators pinpointed Aspergillus flavus,…
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