A fungus called Ophiocordyceps sinensis, also known as caterpillar fungus, is found in the Himalayas and often used in traditional medicine to treat illnesses like cancer. Researchers in the United ...

A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News via Getty Images While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine ...

Cancer has been one of the nefarious diseases that has been affecting the lives of many people, with limited to no known cure to remove the cells that are affecting those in the body. However, ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Numerous attempts of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory were to collect rare Himalayan fungus ‘Keeda Jadi’ (Cordyceps), the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications ...

The rare medicinal fungus, Yarsagumba, is commanding a staggering Rs 15 lakh per kilogram at a horticulture fair in Karnataka, outpricing silver by over 5.5 times.

The FINANCIAL — A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has ...

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Yarsa gunbu, better known outside Nepal as the Himalayan Viagra, accounts for two-fifths of the country’s non-timber exports. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis head for the hilly regions to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News ...