Research suggests 'home brew' heroin isn't far off

Saturday, June 27, 2015 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

Brooks HaysYORK, England, June 27 (UPI) -- In studying the poppy plant's genome, researchers were able to identify one of the key genes responsible for the synthesis of the morphinan class of alkaloids.

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