Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called “magic mushrooms” their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression. Cornell researchers have identified a ...

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the treatment of some neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, some ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Psyence Biomedical Ltd. (Nasdaq: PBM) (“Psyence BioMed” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company advancing nature-derived psilocybin and ibogaine ...

A compound found in magic mushrooms can treat depression by cutting brain activity that gets people stuck in loops of negative thinking, a new study revealed. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Psyence Biomedical Ltd. (PBM) (“Psyence BioMed” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company advancing nature-derived psilocybin and ibogaine therapies ...

More than half of patients (57 per cent) who received with a single dose of 25mg of psilocybin were in remission from depression 18 months later, researchers found. The phase II trial, conducted by ...

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Use of psilocybin—the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms"—has risen across the U.S. in all ages groups since the drug was partially decriminalized in 2019. The hallucinogen was ...