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Tobacco’s hidden friendly side: how the controversial plant could be used for good

By Cathy Moore, Senior Lecturer in Life Sciences, University of Westminster

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard of – tobacco has been used as a herbal medicine in the past. But now, in the age of genetic engineering, tobacco may well be the future of pharmaceutical production on Earth and beyond.

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