Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard ...

Plants, however, only need soil, water and sunlight to grow. Tobacco is the largest leafy non-food crop. It is very amenable to genetic modification, and is an absolute power-house when it comes ...

The tobacco plant’s origins can now be traced back to Bolivia, in South America. The people native to this land cultivated the plant and used it as part of their cultural traditions. Between ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club Vol. 53, No. 8, Nov., 1926 A Cytological Study of the Leaves and Gr... A Cytological Study of the Leaves and ...

B+P Architects has designed the Metal Flaming in Tobacco Redrying Plant exhibition in Pingtung City, Taiwan. This project focuses on the space of the historical architecture that preserves the ...

The technology is extraordinarily expensive (around US$2 billion, or £1.5 billion) because of the huge vats or bioreactors needed to grow recombinant cells in sterile conditions. This makes access to ...

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is calling on the public to report any signs of illicit tobacco cultivation as the growing season for tobacco ramps up, following a major bust in Victoria that led ...