The thinking was that the tobacco smoke would provide warmth and stimulation. Many people think of plants as nice-looking greens. Essential for clean air, yes, but simple organisms. A step change ...

This is the first plant-produced antibody to be cleared for clinical trials by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (the UK equivalent of the US Food and Drug Administration). Producing the ...

The tobacco plant’s origins can now be traced back to Bolivia, in South America. The people native to this land cultivated the plant and used it as part of their cultural traditions. Between ...

In this process plants are genetically modified so that they can produce medically useful substances such as drugs and vaccines. Plants such as corn, tobacco or rice can be genetically modified to ...

In fact, the growth of control plants was restored by the addition of soluble phosphate (data not shown). Figure 1: Growth and productivity of CSb tobacco plants subjected to different P treatments.

While there is little evidence for tobacco being inherently medicinal, its harmfulness was observed even in the 18th century. A lot of our modern medications come from plants, like the cancer ...