A tobacco plant relative called Nicotiana benthamiana has been genetically modified to produce cocaine in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant ...

Tobacco plants are being used to grow human skin proteins for a new way to treat tendon injuries such as tennis elbow. The quick-growing plants have been genetically engineered to produce leaves ...

a team of scientists in the UK has created a synthetic polio vaccine that contains non-infectious virus particles that can be grown quickly and cheaply in a close relative of the tobacco plant.

the tobacco plant might provide a novel way to meet this huge demand. Today, the basic components of vaccines are produced using mammal, bacteria and yeast cell cultures in containers called ...

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 ...

We transformed and regenerated tobacco plants with an α/β-tubulin double ... 50 μg of protein as quantified by the Bio-Rad (London, UK) protein assay. The primary antibody used was anti ...

The tobacco found in products like cigarettes and cigars starts as a plant. People have consumed the leaves of the tobacco plant in various forms for thousands of years. But handling the leaves of ...

At least according to findings from researchers in Israel, who discovered that tomato and tobacco plants stressed from dehydration or having their stems cut emit sounds comparable in volume to ...

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 ...