Love hormone created with less complications

Researchers have developed a synthetic version of the 'love hormone' oxytocin,which is less likely to have side effects. The hormone regulates labour and fundamental social behaviours such as maternal care, partnership bonding ,social interactions and stress, and anxiety responses."The downside to oxytocin is that it activates a number of receptors, some of which can lead to unwanted side effects." said Markus Muttenthaler from University of Queensland.The team created a new molecule by introducing small modifications to the structure of oxytocin ,which reduced the activity of receptors