Amanita Phalloides: Tumors Don’t Like Mushrooms

Background: Amanita phalloides (Agaricus phalloides), also known as the death cap, is a deadly poisonous mushroom. It is widely found in Europe and because it looks similar to other mushrooms that are edible, every year there are reports of people dying as they mistake death caps for edible mushrooms (Ref.) This is because toxins from Amanita cause necrosis
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Hippo Pathway: Regulating Organ Size & Cell Proliferation

Background and Mechanism: Interestingly, a few years ago it has been published in Nature magazine a study reporting that glucose, the main energy source used for energy generation in cells, regulates the Hippo pathway (specifically its downstream effector YAP)(Ref.). This is very interesting and ground breaking because with this research it has been indicated for the first time
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