Dopamine, a small molecule derived from the amino acid tyrosine, plays a significant role in regulating multiple essential ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

Researchers have captured a time-resolved video of a protein interaction essential to healthy brain development.

A new concept of kinetic modules in biochemical networks could revolutionize the understanding of how these networks function ...

What if you could use medical LSD to treat schizophrenia and other disorders? Well, new research may have found a way.

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that ...

This new drug, JRT, is a “constitutional isomer” of LSD — meaning it has the same atoms, just arranged differently. It binds ...

Researchers made small tweaks to the molecular structure of LSD to see if it could be turned into an effective brain-healing ...

Scientists want to study the way your body’s gut microbes react and interact with psychedelic substances like magic mushrooms ...

Scientists at EPFL and AstraZeneca have developed a method to map the atomic-level structure of amorphous drugs, demonstrated on a GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate for diabetes and obesity treatment.

LSD is a potent, long-lasting psychoactive drug. In part, it’s derived from a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. The synthetic drug has a chemical structure similar to serotonin ...

“Lee Dunlap, along with many people in the chemical field, had identified this key interaction [in LSD] between the tryptamine core structure and the 2A receptor — this serine residue. He made this ...