Scientists engineer E coli to produce psilocybin

1. 2019-10-01 at 5:35 PM UTC

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   Kuntzschutz African Astronaut

   E.coli could be manipulated to produce a substance found in magic mushrooms that wards off depression, research suggests.
   
   A team from Miami University genetically engineered the bacteria to churn out the psychoactive chemical psilocybin.
   
   Best known for triggering 'trippy' hallucinations, it is increasingly being tested as a treatment for psychiatric disorders, like addiction, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
   
   If ever approved for these conditions, scientists will want to produce psilocybin without harvesting copious amounts of mushrooms, the team said.
   
   After producing an E.coli strain that contains psilocybin, the scientists managed to increase its production by 500 times over 18 months.
   
   They claim this demonstrates the 'feasibility' of manufacturing the chemical 'economically from a biological source'.
   
   
   More than 180 mushrooms species around the world produce psilocybin, Drug Science reported.
   
   The chemical can enhance the senses, cause users to imagine floating objects and create moments of 'personal reflection', according to the Drug Policy Alliance.
   
   Psilocybin is listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act in the US, making it illegal to cultivate or possess. They are a Class A drug in the UK.
   
   Before 1970, psilocybin was used to treat resistant depression, anxiety and addiction in the UK.
   
   It was around this time the UK 'caught up with the US-led "war on drugs"', according to King's College London.

   
   Whole article https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7524523/E-coli-engineered-produce-chemical-makes-magic-mushrooms-trippy.html
   
   
   
   
   Man, it would be nice if they could engineer a common vegetable or something that's easy to grow and inconspicuous to produce psilocybin.. Interesting article anyway
2. 2019-10-01 at 5:49 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I have some spores but I dont know how to grow them or if it can be done indoors with or without a grow lamp.. i havent ever done mushrooms, its the last street drug ive never done. Eventually i need to drip my toes back into the psychedlic water and mushrooms would be a very good option due to them having headache killing properties along with my relapsing drug abuses
3. 2019-10-01 at 6:01 PM UTC

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   GAAAAALM African Astronaut

   Originally posted by DietPiano I have some spores but I dont know how to grow them or if it can be done indoors with or without a grow lamp.. i havent ever done mushrooms, its the last street drug ive never done. Eventually i need to drip my toes back into the psychedlic water and mushrooms would be a very good option due to them having headache killing properties along with my relapsing drug abuses

   
   Shroomery has really good guides. It's not hard you just have to take the time and read. You don't need to do it outdoors and you shouldn't use any sort of lamp. Most mushrooms don't undergo photosynthesis, they take their nutrients straight from the ground. That's why they're able to grow underneath the shade of a tree and in caves and shit.
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4. 2019-10-01 at 11:34 PM UTC

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   kroz weak whyte, frothy cuck, and former twink

   Originally posted by GAAAAALM Shroomery has really good guides. It's not hard you just have to take the time and read. You don't need to do it outdoors and you shouldn't use any sort of lamp. Most mushrooms don't undergo photosynthesis, they take their nutrients straight from the ground. That's why they're able to grow underneath the shade of a tree and in caves and shit.

   
   pretty much this you just but the spores in jars / a box
5. 2019-10-02 at 8:25 PM UTC

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   GAAAAALM African Astronaut

   Originally posted by Bill Krozby pretty much this you just but the spores in jars / a box

   
   Wow Bill Krozby thanks for the fucking insight
6. 2019-10-02 at 8:34 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I think its helpful
7. 2019-10-04 at 12:58 PM UTC

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   Esplender Tuskegee Airman [my gynecological profit-maximising katar]

   Originally posted by DietPiano I have some spores but I dont know how to grow them or if it can be done indoors with or without a grow lamp

   
   A grow lamp? Nigga it ain't a plant. Mushrooms are super easy. The only thing you really have to worry about is maintaining a clean environment.
8. 2019-10-04 at 2:56 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   mushrooms aren't plants?
9. 2019-10-04 at 3:49 PM UTC

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   GAAAAALM African Astronaut

   Originally posted by DietPiano mushrooms aren't plants?

   
   Lol are you serious? Did you never learn about the 5 kingdoms of life?
   
   Animals, plants, fungi, protista, bacteria
   
   I'm beginning to question your education.
10. 2019-10-04 at 4:21 PM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Dude, I grew up in a town of 250, we did not always get good science teachers. One actually got fired lol
11. 2019-10-04 at 4:40 PM UTC

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    GAAAAALM African Astronaut

    Originally posted by DietPiano Dude, I grew up in a town of 250, we did not always get good science teachers. One actually got fired lol

    
    I'm guessing for some creationism type shit?
    
    That sucks. I learned about that stuff in 3rd grade. My elementary school had 2-3x as many students as your town had people.