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Harvard scientists to make LSD factory from microbes | Science | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jun/21/scientists-make-lsd-from-microbes

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With the tools of synthetic biology, Wintermute thought they might do better. The ergot fungus takes lysergic acid and turns it into a huge variety of exotic molecules. They could mix and match biological pathways from different species of ergot fungus and make potentially new drug molecules. They might even come up with a next generation dementia drug. Around 20 tonnes of lysergic acid, a precursor of LSD, are made each year and turned into real medicines, such as nicergoline, a treatment for dementia. The drug is purified from big vats of fungus (which make the compound naturally) using technology developed decades ago.

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Nootropics or Smarts Drugs are chemicals which are claimed to have mild to moderate positive mental or physical effects such as improvements to memory, cognition, and clarity of thought or "anti-aging" effects. ADRAFINIL Olmifon StimulantANIRACETAM Draganon, Sarpul DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone Anti-agingDILANTIN Phenytoin Cognitive FunctionDMAE Di-methyl-amino-ethanol Memory, LearningFIPEXIDE Attentil, Vigilor LearningGABAPENTIN Neurontin Anti-convulsantGEROVITAL GH-3 Anti-aging, MemoryGHB Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate Sleep AidGINKGO BILOBA MemoryHUMAN GROWTH HORMONE hGH, Somatotropin Anti-agingHYDERGINE Dihydroergotoxine Memory, Anti-agingMECLOFENOXATE Centrophenoxine, Lucidril Anti-agingMELATONIN Sleep RegulatorMODAFINIL Provigil StimulantOXIRACETAM Neuractiv, Hydroxypiracetam MemoryPHENYTOIN Dilantin Cognitive FunctionsPIRACETAM Cognitive FunctionsPRAMIRACETAM CI-879 SELEGILINE Deprenyl, Eldepryl Memory, IntelligenceVASOPRESSIN Pressyn, Diapid MemoryVINPOCETINE Cavinton