Norman I. Dishotsky

LSD and Genetic Damage

Science April 30, 1971 Norman I. Dishotsky, William D. Loughman, Robert E. Mogar et al. 145 citations

Of nine studies in vitro, six have indicated some degree of induced chromosomal breakage after exposure to LSD; three failed to confirm these results. The damage, when found, was generally of the chromatid type, arising during or after DNA synthesis. This damage, with one exception, was the result of concentrations of drug and durations of exposure which could not be achieved in humans with...