PZ Myers found this amazing David Attenborough video of Corydceps, a parasitic fungi that takes over the brains of its insect hosts. I thought it was worth sharing.
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If that fungus is one of the ones referred to as 'vegetable wasps' in Chinese medicine, it's the basis for a new drug to control immune responses, called FTY-720, or fingolimod. Cool stuff!
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Posted by: LF Velez | November 18, 2007 at 10:08 PM