Paul Stamets at TEDMED 2011: 4 Mushroom Medicines

The mushroom biologist talks about the antimicrobial properties of fungi, how they can be used as potent insecticides, and how they may help boost the human immune system.

(This is an incredible talk and I defy you to keep a dry eye at the end!)

Three years ago, I sifted his original TED talk here.
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My daughter takes a pill derived from a Streptomyces Tsukubaensis fungus 3 times a week. It keeps her transplanted liver happy.

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from wiki:
Like ciclosporin, it was found in a soil fungus, although it is produced by a type of bacterium,

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