1943 - First synthesis of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, by Albert Hoffman.

1943年的今天，阿尔伯特·霍夫曼首次合成出了LSD——麦角二乙酰胺。

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Edwin Wintermute and his colleagues at Harvard have engineered yeast cells to carry out two of six steps in the pathway needed to make lysergic acid, the precursor of LSD.

埃德温·温特·姆特(Edwin Wintermute)和他在哈佛的同事已经通过基因工程改造了酵母细胞，在产生麦角酸——LSD的前体——的六步反应路径中已经实现了其中的两步。

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Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann took an unexpected journey of the mind in April 1943 when he accidentally absorbed one of his chemical discoveries, lysergic acid diethylamide, through his fingertips.

1943年4月，瑞士科学家阿尔伯特·霍夫曼不小心在指尖粘了一点麦角酸二乙基酰胺，从而进行了一次意料之外的心灵之旅。

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Even if that does not happen, making lysergic acid in yeast is still a good idea.

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Edwin Wintermute and his colleagues at Harvard have engineered yeast cells to carry out two of six steps in the pathway needed to make lysergic acid, the precursor of LSD.

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Likewise, synthetic drugs amphetamine, methamphetamine and ecstasy, plus a growing list of new potions can be cooked up in factories anywhere (and increasingly with harmless ingredients: researchers at Harvard University are trying to make lysergic acid, the basis for LSD and many other pharmaceuticals, from baker's yeast).

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