Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating proteins and cells, the building blocks of life, according to a pioneering ...

Ibogaine—a psychoactive plant derivative—has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ...

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties.

Medicaid in Wisconsin has expanded to cover ketamine infusions as of Jan. 1, sparking conversations about the nuances in type ...

Esketamine, the chemical name for Spravato, is a chemical mirror image of anesthetic ketamine, which is also abused as a recreational party drug and goes by the street nickname “Special K”.

However, Spravato contains a different form of ketamine than the version that is used intravenously—a chemical sibling called esketamine. In the years since its approval, Spravato and ketamine ...

Spravato, which is derived from ketamine, is not a new drug—it first came on the market in 2019. The spray was previously approved as a companion treatment to an oral antidepressant, as well as ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (WKRC) - A paramedic was fired and faces charges after allegedly giving a patient a fatal dose of a paralyzing drug instead of the intended ketamine. According to court records ...

SINGAPORE – Ketamine, the controlled drug best known as a horse tranquilliser or party supplement, has in the last four years become a boon to scores of severely depressed patients in Singapore.

Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a protein involved in ...

The international team describes their results and the underlying molecular mechanism in Cell Metabolism. Ergothioneine is a natural compound found in certain fungi such as oyster or shiitake ...