Health
Effects of chewing wild tobacco during pregnancy: study
A University of Queensland PhD scholar is examining the health effects of chewing wild tobacco plants by Central Australian Aboriginal women during pregnancy.
Jul 29, 2011
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News tagged with tobacco plants
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Plants are new weapon in fight against dengue
Scientists have discovered a way to create disease fighting proteins from tobacco plants which could lead to the development of a vaccine for Dengue Fever.
May 29, 2018
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Health
US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine
U.S. health officials on Tuesday endorsed a type of cigarette that could help ease the addictive grip of smoking by delivering very low levels of nicotine.
Dec 17, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Protein found in tobacco plant has potential to fight life-threatening infectious diseases
A team of scientists from Melbourne's La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the potential to fight life-threatening infectious diseases.
May 17, 2018
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Other
Clinical tests for medicines made from genetically modified plants
UK regulators have approved Europe's first clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody produced from genetically modified plants. This landmark decision sets the stage for the testing, in humans, of an anti-HIV product made from ...
Jul 21, 2011
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Addiction
FDA targets illegal nicotine gummies in new warning letter
Federal regulators on Thursday issued a first-of-a-kind warning to the maker of nicotine gummies, saying the illegal candies pose a growing risk to teenagers and younger children.
Aug 19, 2022
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Vaccination
'Pharming' for a vaccine: the answer to coronavirus may be in tobacco plants
We don't know how long it will take to find a vaccine for COVID-19, but we do know this: if and when we find one, there will be unprecedented demand for the molecules that go into it.
Jun 2, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A plant-based delivery system for anti-cancer drugs
An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 242, Issue 14, August, 2017) reports that a plant virus-based system can be used to deliver anti-cancer drugs. The study, led by Dr. Nicole Steinmetz in the ...
Aug 18, 2017
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Medications
New tobacco plant produced therapeutics effective against West Nile virus, even days after infection
An international research group led by Arizona State University professor Qiang "Shawn" Chen has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost-effective therapeutics against West Nile virus, and other pathogens.
Mar 27, 2014
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Health
Tobacco hurts more than just lungs – it damages the communities that grow it
The Kipembawe Division is hidden in the southern highlands of south-west Tanzania, a long seven-hour drive north from the city of Mbeya. The scenery is stunning, yet when you look closer you can see that tobacco plants dominate ...
Nov 22, 2017
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