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We found one sample to be able to get into culture.

Preserving the genome of these fungi in the old-growth forest

I think is absolutely critical for human health.

I've been involved with the U.S. Defense Department BioShield program.

We submitted over 300 samples of mushrooms that were boiled in hot water,

and mycelium harvesting these extracellular metabolites.

And a few years ago,

we received these results.

We have three different strains of Agarikon mushrooms

that were highly active against poxviruses.

Dr. Earl Kern, who's a smallpox expert

of the U.S. Defense Department, states that any compounds

that have a selectivity index of two or more are active.

10 or greater are considered to be very active.

Our mushroom strains were in the highly active range.

There's a vetted press release that you can read --

it's vetted by DOD --

if you Google "Stamets" and "smallpox."

Or you can go to NPR.org and listen to a live interview.

So, encouraged by this, naturally we went to flu viruses.

And so, for the first time, I am showing this.