Today will have an international flair, as I've culled several items of interest from around the world - beginning with this fascinating new research which Israeli scientists believe shows that a rare type of wild mushroom long used in Chinese medicine may successfully treat prostate cancer.
Researchers at the university in northern Israel said they found molecules in the Ganoderma lucidum mushroom, commonly known as the reishi, which help suppress some mechanisms involved in the progression of prostate cancer.
"We already knew the mushroom could impede the development of cancer by affecting the immune system. The in-vitro trials we have done show that it attacks the cancer cells directly," chief researcher Ben Zion Zaidman told AFP.
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