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Tutancán's Tomb Fungus Has Toxins that Can Be Used to Fight Cancer

Summary by Globo
A series of premature deaths between the rescue team fed rumours of a "damaged by Pharaoh", after archaeologists opened the tomb of King Tutancánmon in the 1920s. In the 1970s, with the opening of the tomb of Casimiro IV, more than a dozen deaths occurred among scientists.
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A recent study revealed that a fungus present in Tutankhamun’s tomb, associated for years with Pharaoh’s supposed “curse,” could have a revolutionary medical use. It is the Aspergillus flavus, whose spores can survive for millennia. Hey! We are also in Whatsapp. It begins to follow us now. The finding of the fungus in Tutankamón’s tomb Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania discovered that this fungus produces a compound called asperig…

A series of premature deaths between the rescue team fed rumours of a "damaged by Pharaoh", after archaeologists opened the tomb of King Tutancánmon in the 1920s. In the 1970s, with the opening of the tomb of Casimiro IV, more than a dozen deaths occurred among scientists.

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Globo broke the news in Brazil on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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