By Cassandra Freeman — 2009
In 1952, a patient with catatonic schizophrenia lay in a Saskatchewan hospital bed, in a coma and dying. Dr. Abram Hoffer, then a research psychiatrist, was determined not to let him go.
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“When we cut down the old-growth forests, we are potentially losing genomic libraries that could have a strain of fungi that could have enormous implications for human biosecurity, and moreover, habitat health,” says mycologist Paul Stamets.
Now, the famous mushroom scientist wants to create a research station on a remote island to protect old-growth forests containing a rare type of ancient fungus which he believes could protect people against COVID-19, or even future pandemics.