Bioengineer iconBioengineerSep 8, 2026

Breaking down LSD to unlock new therapeutic discoveries

In a result that is already sending ripples through the fields of neuroscience and drug design, chemists at the University of California, Davis have performed something akin to a molecular autopsy on lysergic acid diethylamide — better known as LSD — and lived to publish the findings. By systematically dismantling the

Breaking down LSD to unlock new therapeutic discoveries

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