Posted on 10/06/2014 8:53:07 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Nicotiana benthamiana, already used to produce West Nile virus antibodies, offers similar protection against the devastating Ebola virus
The already wide horticultural field has expanded yet more to the new science of pharming. This involves the production of pharmaceuticals through the use of genetic engineering to insert genes that code for desired and otherwise expensive and complicated to produce pharmaceuticals into plants.
Today, thanks to the herbaceous plant and close relative of tobacco, Nicotiana benthamiana, already used to produce West Nile virus antibodies, offers similar protection against the devastating Ebola virus. Found amongst rocks on hills and cliffs throughout the northern regions of Australia, it was used by the native peoples as a stimulant prior to the introduction of the more powerful N. rusticana and N. tabacum of North America.
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WHAT!!!! Evil tabaccy may have some redeeming qualities? Good thing all the tobacco farmers haven’t been shut down yet.
Ironic at its best.
Good thing all the tobacco farmers haven’t been shut down yet.
I’m sure no thanks to efforts from the “nut squad” - our government.
Does this mean I should take up smoking?
;-)
Every plant GOD created .. had a purpose. I suspect GOD already knew nicotine had another purpose instead of smoking it.
Glad to see some people/scientists are finding this out.
Smoke em if ya got boys & girls.
Tobacco is like anything else in life. It can be used for good or evil, depending on what you do with it.
It doesn’t benefit the pharmaceutical industry to use natural remedies. Now that tobacco is at place, “Big” Tobacco will go head-to-head with “Big” Pharma for government grant monies.
So, does that mean I can get untaxed medical tobacco?
LOL! Just did. Of course, in the smoking lounge aka the garage. :>}
I think they will probably just put the active ingredients in a pill.
Well, that obviously can't be right. We need to legalize more marijuana use and pour more funding into embryonic stem cell research!
Its not a natural product, but a GMO created serum using this oddball breed of tobacco due to its low immunity to disease induced Genetic Modification.
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