The sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. The receptor is also expressed in certain intestinal cells, where it may facilitate glucose absorption ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...

Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to provide long-term treatment for depression and anxiety. But the chemical's ...

We have known for a while that being high is the result of what occurs in a single cellular structure known as cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), and we know that our bodies produce their own ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, in collaboration with Osaka University and ...