Tobacco Makes Medicine
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Tobacco isn't famous for its health benefits. But now scientists have succeeded in using genetically modified tobacco plants to produce medicines for several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including diabetes.
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