Maryem M Adwer

Engineering artificial biosynthetic pathways for efficient microbial production of psilocybin and psilocin

Metabolic Engineering November 5, 2025 Cui Guo, Nguyen N T Luu, Maryem M Adwer et al. 5 citations

Psychedelic-assisted therapy is emerging as a highly promising approach for treating depression, with psilocybin, a psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, gaining the most recognition for its efficacy in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment-resistant depression. However, its low natural abundance makes extraction costly, necessitating alternative production methods. While...