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Boricuas researchers seek to improve breast cancer treatment with medicinal mushrooms

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Ariadna Rubio Lebrón
By Ariadna Rubio Lebrón on Fri, 09/13/2024 - 14:34
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El Nuevo Día
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Alonso Daboub Bullón
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The reishi mushroom has been used as a traditional medicine for thousands of years in China and has known health benefits, such as immune system support and anti-cancer effects. (Shutterstock)

For millennia, the reishi mushroom has been used as a traditional medicine, but now a particular use is being sought: the treatment of cancer. With funding and special training, Puerto Rican researchers are specifically seeking to take advantage of the medicinal properties of this mushroom to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients.

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Hongos
hongo reishi
cáncer
breast cancer
cancer de seno
Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad Central del Caribe
inmunoterapia
farmacología
Farmacología
Fideicomiso de Ciencia
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