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Genes Responsible For Cancer-Fighting Substance In Opium Poppies Discovered
- PoppyPlant 14y agoPlants grow heroin now?
- gaius 14y agoOops, probably shouldn't have been eradicating the poppy crop in Afghanistan, then Actual article: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-medicine-poppies-idUSBRE84U11N20120531 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-medicine-poppie...
- ginko 14y agoThe largest producer of opium poppy is actually Turkey.
- nubela 14y agoIs this yet another cancer cure that will never see the light of the day?
- jinushaun 14y agoTitle of article says cancer fighting, not cancer cure. HN title should be fixed.
- Turing_Machine 14y agoTerrible title. In addition to the article saying nothing about a "cure" (as jinushaun pointed out), the substance in question was found a long time ago. What was actually found were the genes responsible for producing it. The "heroin plant" is what most people call an opium poppy. Heroin is a synthetic drug made using morphine as one of the precursors -- opium poppies contain no heroin per se. Cancer cure -> wrong. Found -> wrong. "Heroin plant" -> wrong.