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Screening GFEL, we found that the fungal extract from\n                      <jats:italic>Penicillium thomii<\/jats:italic>\n                      was able to block\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      transmission to\n                      <jats:italic>Anopheles gambiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and the fungal extract from\n                      <jats:italic>Tolypocladium album<\/jats:italic>\n                      was able to kill myelogenous leukemia cell line K562. 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