Tag: LSD research

  • A Tiny Tweak to LSD Just Produced a Drug That May Repair the Brain

    A Tiny Tweak to LSD Just Produced a Drug That May Repair the Brain

    Somewhere in a lab at the University of California, Davis, a chemist made a decision so small it barely registered as a change at all. Two atoms. That was it, just two atoms swapped from one position to another inside one of the most notorious molecules in pharmaceutical history. What came out the other side…

  • Hidden Fungus Linked to LSD Like Compounds Finally Identified and Sequenced

    Hidden Fungus Linked to LSD Like Compounds Finally Identified and Sequenced

    For decades, scientists quietly suspected that something unusual was hiding inside one of the most common flowering plants in the world. Morning glories, often seen climbing fences or growing wild along roadsides, had long been associated with naturally occurring compounds similar to those found in LSD. These similarities were not folklore or speculation, but observations…