Amal Allam wrote Thursday, February 8, 2024 04:52 PM
Health experts have warned of the spread of a type of fungus that could turn humans into zombies, which could cause “the end of the world,” as the experts described it, noting that fungi that cause zombie-like people like those were shown on the famous television program The Last. of Us.
Experts said in Fungal diseasesAs stated in the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, the extent of the threat facing humanity is unknown. Members of Parliament in the United States have warned of the possibility of a zombie apocalypse caused by mind-altering fungi, and people should be concerned about this threat.
They added that new deadly fungal infections capable of colonizing human bodies, as in the popular TV show The Last of Us, are emerging faster than ever and evolving rapidly.
The British newspaper “Daily Mail” said that experts say that there is not enough research on new treatments because they are not profitable for pharmaceutical companies.
Matthew Fisher, professor of fungal diseases at Imperial College London, explained that the extent of the threat facing humanity is unknown, stressing before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, “Fungals impose an enormous global burden on public health.” “Fungal diseases exist and are at the highest levels in terms of Global deaths.
The newspaper said that there is a fungus called “Cordyceps,” or zombie ant fungus, that is capable of controlling the minds of insects using psychoactive chemicals. It depletes their bodies of nutrients before directing them to a high place and releasing germs to infect others.
The Emmy Award-winning The Last of Us, a post-apocalyptic drama based on the hit video game, showed that the Cordyceps fungus had spread to humans and wiped out most of humanity.
Worryingly, Professor Fisher said, rising global temperatures are causing fungi such as Cordyceps to evolve and adapt to warmer conditions – which could enable them to colonize human bodies.
He stressed that fungi of this type produce chemicals with a strong psychoactive effect, which can greatly affect our behavior, and can also spread and invade humans, adding, “There is a level of public panic around fungi.
The newspaper said: “More than 6.5 million people suffer from serious fungal diseases, and these diseases cause the death of 2.5 million people every year, which is more than the number of victims of malaria and tuberculosis combined.” Professor Fisher said that fungal attacks also threaten the global food supply, which is What could be “catastrophic,” he stressed, is that new threats appear all the time and diseases evolve rapidly to combat medicines.
She explained that fungi such as Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungal disease that can cause bloodstream infections and death, have spread rapidly throughout Asia, Europe and the United States in the past 10 years.
Fisher explained that there are at least 20 new antifungal drugs in the pre-clinical stage. If we can launch these drugs, it will greatly enhance our antifungal stock. Some fungi can also be used to treat diseases.
2024-02-08 14:52:00
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