Fertile Mind ; Tobacco's Dichotomy Woven Into Our History
Columbia Daily Tribune › May 11, 2007
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Garden talking can take you to unexpected places, and last week I found myself standing at the edge of conversation about growing tobacco.
My friend had heard that all tobacco grown these days is genetically altered and wondered whether I knew if that was true. There is evidence of the engineering at a genetic level to produce both nicotine-rich and reduced-nicotine tobacco. Today, most bioengineering research on tobacco is intent on using the plant for a host of pharmaceutical applications, including cures for certain kinds of cancer.See the full content of this document
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Fertile Mind ; Tobacco's Dichotomy Woven Into Our History
When it comes to tobacco, there is a lot to talk about. Nicotiana tabacum is woven into the timeline of the Americas starting with our prehistory.
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