The World’s Deadliest Mushroom May Finally Have an Antidote

Описание: Almost all mushroom-related fatalities worldwide are caused by a single group of molecules: cyclopeptides​, which are found in death caps and destroying angels. ​A single mushroom from this family can contain enough toxin to destroy your liver or even kill you. And there’s no antidote for mushroom poisoning. But that could change very soon…

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Credits:
Executive Producer:
Matthew Radcliff

Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver

Writer:
George Zaidan

Host:
George Zaidan

Scientific Consultants:
Leila Duman, Ph.D.
Clare H. Scott Chialvo, Ph.D.
Annie Weissman, M.D.
Brianne Raccor, Ph.D.


Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell

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Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h...
00:00 Meeting the Destroying Angel
02:33 Toxin Talk
03:12 Antidotes
06:49 Engineering a New Antidote
09:15 A New Method to Find Antidotes
10:39 Indocyanine Green