John Papageorgiou

Psilocybin decelerates cellular senescence

Research Square June 27, 2023 Louise Hecker, Kosuke Kato, Jennifer Kleinhenz et al. preprint

Abstract Psilocybin is the psychoactive substance contained in the psilocybe(hallucinogenic) mushroom, which has received considerable attention among the scientific community in recent years. Human studies have demonstrated that even a single-dose of psilocybin can improve debilitating physical and psychological symptoms with durable long-term effects. >136 clinical studies with psilocybin...