{"id":243713,"date":"2026-09-06T05:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/psilocybin-prevents-chemotherapy-related-nerve-injury-and-associated-symptoms-in-preclinical-models"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:10:45","slug":"psilocybin-prevents-chemotherapy-related-nerve-injury-and-associated-symptoms-in-preclinical-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/psilocybin-prevents-chemotherapy-related-nerve-injury-and-associated-symptoms-in-preclinical-models","title":{"rendered":"Psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-related nerve injury and associated symptoms in preclinical models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/psilocybin-prevents-chemotherapy-related-nerve-injury-and-associated-symptoms-in-preclinical-models.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a breakthrough study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that psilocybin given before chemotherapy prevented the onset of nerve injury in preclinical models, even after repeated treatment cycles. The findings could help prevent pain, numbness and other common chemotherapy side effects.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aec6116\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Science<\/i><\/a> and co-led by Moran Amit, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Head and Neck Surgery, and Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D., professor of Pain Medicine, uncovers a previously unrecognized neuroprotective role of serotonin receptors and suggests psilocybin as a first-in-class intervention for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an urgent need for treatments that prevent nerve injury without interfering with lifesaving chemotherapy,\u201d Amit said. \u201cThese findings offer important insights into how psilocybin may protect nerves before damage occurs, rather than treating symptoms after they become persistent. At UT MD Anderson, we are actively exploring the multiple facets of psychedelics to pursue interventions that improve the lives of our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a breakthrough study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that psilocybin given before chemotherapy prevented the onset of nerve injury in preclinical models, even after repeated treatment cycles. The findings could help prevent pain, numbness and other common chemotherapy side effects. The study, published in Science and co-led by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}