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==Using the plant to make vaccines and medicines - Articles, News, Blogs, etc.== | ==Using the plant to make vaccines and medicines - Articles, News, Blogs, etc.== | ||
===2023: [https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-have-made-cocaine-from-a-tobacco-plant Scientists Have Made Cocaine From a Tobacco Plant]=== | |||
*"Cocaine is perhaps most notoriously known as a dangerous drug. But it’s also used legally as a local anesthetic for surgeries. Scientists in China have now genetically engineered a tobacco plant to produce cocaine in its leaves." | |||
===2023: [https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/05/native-tobacco-plants-reborn-biofactories%E2%80%99-medicines-0 Native tobacco plants reborn as ‘biofactories’ for medicines]=== | ===2023: [https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/05/native-tobacco-plants-reborn-biofactories%E2%80%99-medicines-0 Native tobacco plants reborn as ‘biofactories’ for medicines]=== | ||