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Scientists Have Figured Out How To Make Cocaine From A Tobacco Plant
Scientists set out to mimic the natural production of cocaine in Nicotiana benthamiana, which occurs in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant.
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Sanctioned Weapons Mogul Who Supplied Russia's Troops Has A US Connection
A longtime Russian business associate of American tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc - a billionaire whose holdings have included a major stake in a weapons plant supplying Russia's military - has been sanctioned in Europe.
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This Plant Could Help Treat Diabetes, Arthritis And Other Medical Conditions
A team from the University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada used tobacco plants to produce large quantities of a human protein called Interleukin 37, or IL-37 -- naturally produced in the human kidney in very small quantities.
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Ancient Plant May Help Grow Food in Space: Study
A plant geneticist discovered a useful gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana.
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Scientists Have Figured Out How To Make Cocaine From A Tobacco Plant
Scientists set out to mimic the natural production of cocaine in Nicotiana benthamiana, which occurs in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant.
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Sanctioned Weapons Mogul Who Supplied Russia's Troops Has A US Connection
A longtime Russian business associate of American tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc - a billionaire whose holdings have included a major stake in a weapons plant supplying Russia's military - has been sanctioned in Europe.
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This Plant Could Help Treat Diabetes, Arthritis And Other Medical Conditions
A team from the University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada used tobacco plants to produce large quantities of a human protein called Interleukin 37, or IL-37 -- naturally produced in the human kidney in very small quantities.
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Ancient Plant May Help Grow Food in Space: Study
A plant geneticist discovered a useful gene in the ancient Australian native tobacco plant Nicotiana benthamiana.
