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October 24, 2016

Tobacco plants engineered to manufacture high yields of malaria drug
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2016
In 2015, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in part for the discovery of artemisinin, a plant-derived compound that's proven to be a lifesaver in treating malaria. Yet many people who need the drug are not able to access it, in part because it's difficult to grow the plant that is the compound's source. Now, research has shown that tobacco plants can be engineered to manufacture the drug at therapeutic levels. The study appears October 20 in Molecular Plant. "Artemisinin t ... read more

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