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> as if this was the culmination of a years-long effort by Smokers Against Ebola. In some ways it is though. Research using marijuana is currently illegal, eve
by Alex3917 12y ago
> as if this was the culmination of a years-long effort by Smokers Against Ebola.
In some ways it is though. Research using marijuana is currently illegal, even if it gets FDA approval. And if tobacco were similarly illegal, then this research also could have never happened.
- maxerickson 12y agoIt isn't produced in a commercial tobacco cultivar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_benthamiana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_benthamiana I expect that they used it because it is a fairly robust species as much as anything else. I guess the nicotine doesn't really factor into the choice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharming_%28genetics%29#Pharming_in_plants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharming_%28genetics%29#Pharmin...