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Genetically engineered tobacco plant cleans up environmental toxin (01/03/2010)

Tobacco might become as well known for keeping us healthy as it is for causing illness thanks to researchers from the U.K.

In a new research report appearing in the March 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists explain how they developed a genetically modified strain of tobacco that helps temper the damaging effects of toxic pond scum, scientifically known ... Details

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