Phellinus Linteus or Sang-hwang anyone ?

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Phellinus Linteus or Sang-hwang anyone ?

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This was in a thread in Research topic.

Reuters
Mushroom extract may stop breast cancer growth

50 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may stop breast cancer cells from growing and could become a new weapon in the fight against the killer disease, scientists said on Tuesday.
ADVERTISEMENT Laboratory tests using human breast cancer cells show the mushroom called Phellinus linteus has a marked anti-cancer effect, probably by blocking an enzyme called AKT. AKT is known to control signals that lead to cell growth. Phellinus linteus -- called song gen in Chinese medicine, sang-hwang in Korean and meshimakobu in Japanese -- has previously been shown to have anti-tumor properties on skin, lung and prostate cancer cells. The new research on breast cancer, however, marks the first time that scientists have started to understand how it works. Dr Daniel Sliva of the Methodist Research Institute in Indianapolis said the mushroom extract reduced uncontrolled growth of new cancer cells, suppressed their aggressive behavior and blocked new tumor-feeding blood vessels. "We're not yet able to apply this knowledge to modern medicine, but we ... hope our study will encourage more researchers to explore the use of medicinal mushrooms for the treatment of cancer," he said. The findings were reported in the British Journal of Cancer. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Matthew Jones)

How do we get our hands on this ?

Thanks !

cp418

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/04April/Pages/Mushroomextractsfightcancer.aspx

Maybe more research is needed? See the end of this article where short and long term side effects of this mushroom extract on humans is still unknown.