Czech Science "Cannibal" fungus helps treat skin diseases, including psoriasis
It was by accident that a laboratory worker discovered the healing properties of a tiny fungus, Pythium oligandrum, for humans. In the 1970s the team of scientist Dasa Vesely found out that the microscopic organism feeds on other fungi and started applying it in agriculture to protect plants from parasitic mushrooms. In the early 1990s a lab assistant accidentally dropped a bit of the powder in her boot. She was suffering from athlete's foot, and all of a sudden her symptoms started receding. When she realised what it was that helped her, she tried the fungus out on her husband's feet and when it worked, too, she confided her discovery to her bosses.
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