Is an organism a sum of its parts, or should they be considered as a whole? New research on ferns shows how the way scientists understand evolution affects how they study life.

Watch a Nicotiana rustica (Aztec tobacco) plant grow from seed to flower in just 60 days. This powerful tobacco species contains up to nine times more nicotine than common varieties and is also used ...

Stifel Financial Corp. is launching and leading the sale of a $675 million private credit financing package for Tobacco Rag Processors Inc., which supplies tobacco products to manufacturers, according ...

Overview of the tobacco rattle virus-mediated genome editing system in tobacco plants. A 20-nucleotide target sequence is cloned before the sgRNA scaffold under the PEBV promoter in the pTRV2-PEBV ...

Cut Rag Processors has completed a landmark multi-million-dollar expansion that positions the Harare-based company as Africa's largest tobacco processing operation--an investment expected to ...

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Plants have considerable potential for the production of biopharmaceutical proteins and peptides because they are easily transformed and provide a cheap source of protein. Several biotechnology ...

In the 1970s, Professor Senaka Bibile pioneered a revolutionary pharmaceutical policy that promised to convert healthcare for ...

At the Virus Laboratory of the University of California, two researchers announced this week that they have taken an infectious virus apart and reduced it to a mixture of utterly dead chemicals, then ...

Zimbabwe opens $100M tobacco plant to boost local processing capacity Facility can produce 600M cigarettes monthly, aims to reduce raw exports Sector targets $7B revenue by 2030 amid rising tobacco ...

New tech lets scientists study plant cells without rigid walls, using tiny droplets as growth chambers. This boosts control & speed, revealing how hormones impact cell growth & survival, aiding plant ...