Carmel—haifa University Economic Corp Ltd.

Gavish-galilee Bio Aplications Ltd.

Solomon P Wasser

Fuad Fares

Lital Shavit

Majed Yassin

Viktor T Bilay

Jamal A Mahajna

Lital Sharvit

A new and distinct variety of higher Basidiomycetes mushroomHAI-1302, and extracts thereof are provided. These extracts as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising them are capable of inhibiting growth of cancer cells, arresting cancer cell cycle, reducing DNA synthesis in cancer cells and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells, and are thus useful for the treatment of cancer.

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The invention relates to a method for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), prostate cancer and &#x3b2;-globin disorders such as sickle cell anemia and &#x3b2;-thalassemia, comprising administration of a mycelium extract from at least one higher Basidiomycetes medicinal mushroom selected from the group consisting of, and

Mushroom extracts having anticancer activity

The present invention describes a new substrate comprising olive oil waste as the nutrient for growing edible and medicinal shiitake mushrooms () in aseptic plastic bags. The invention further provides the strain Ile-1, a new and distinct variety of the species, that grows very efficiently in the olive oil waste-containing substrate.

Substrate and method for growing shiitake mushrooms [Lentinus edodes (Berk.) singer] and new shiitake strain

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Nesher, Israel

Solomon P Wasser