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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Share on Pinterest Researchers say a molecule-based drug could prove to be a new treatment for multiple sclerosis. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images Researchers are reporting they have looked at the ...

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 ...