Scientists may have found an antidote for death cap mushrooms
Indocyanine green dye stopped a toxin from killing human cells and mice in lab tests
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Ingesting a death cap mushroom can result in kidney and liver damage, and even death. A dye used in some medical procedures seems to counteract the fungi’s most lethal toxin, lab tests show.
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