Science at UM [S03-ep08]: The anti-cancer properties of mushrooms
This week in Science at UM, Sylvie Rapior, professor emeritus at the Faculty of Pharmacy and researcher at Cefe, talks to us about the anti-cancer properties of mushrooms. Our report takes us from mushrooms to algae with Léa Giannecchini, assistant engineer at Smel. Finally, Anne Ducros, neurologist at Montpellier University Hospital and member of the L2C laboratory, presents the conference on migraines to be held at Triolet on November 21.
If I say mushroom, most of you foodies will think of fricassee of trumpet mushrooms, omelet with chanterelles, or sautéed porcini mushrooms. The bucolic will picture themselves in the woods on an autumn Sunday, the obsessive will bring out the heavy artillery against mold, and the hypochondriacs will cry out about fungal infections. As for lovers of psychedelic experiences, they will relive their last trip in technicolor. Few organisms have the ability to spark so many different imaginations, and for good reason: there are between 2.2 and 3.8 million species of mushrooms in the world. Neither animals nor plants, they constitute a fascinating kingdom of their own called the fungal kingdom.
There is another field that takes a keen interest in these organisms: medical research, and more specifically cancer research. Indeed, a growing number of studies are demonstrating the powerful anti-cancer effects of mushrooms.
Sylvie Rapior is professor emeritus at the Faculty of Pharmacy, researcher at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology in Montpellier, and specialist in these strange and fascinating beings. She presents her latest publication in the journal Fitoterapia. In this article, she and her colleagues in Calcutta review the current knowledge on mycomedicine applied to cancer treatment.
Read the publication:
- A review of cancer treatment with mushroom metabolites through targeting the mitochondrial signaling pathway: In vitro and in vivo evaluations, clinical studies, and future prospects for mycomedicine, in Science Direct
In the second part of the program, we return to Sète at Smel, the Mediterranean coastal environment station, where we follow Léa Giannecchini, assistant engineer and head of the research and development platform, who explains how she cultivates spirulina.
Finally, our last-minute guest is Anne Ducros, a neurologist at the University Hospital and member of the Charles Coulomb Laboratory. She will be giving a lecture on migraines on November 21 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Triolet campus (Dumontet lecture hall, building 7).
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