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

In several experiments, the wearable accurately identified the presence of hydrogen peroxide in groups of plants exposed to a ...

Plants send distress signals when under attack from pests, drought, or disease, but these signals are often invisible to the ...

Tobacco, historically known for its harmful effects, may become the future of pharmaceutical production through genetic ...

British American Tobacco has invested €4.7 million in a biomass-fuelled heating plant at its cigarette factory in Kanfanar, ...

A new multimillion-dollar tobacco waste processing plant in Harare, backed by an Indian investor, is set to significantly ...

This story is part of a series, Plant Curious, exploring scientific studies that challenge the way you view plantlife. While there is little evidence for tobacco being inherently medicinal ...

This is where tobacco could make a difference. Much like the recombinant cells we currently use, plants can also be genetically engineered to produce pharmaceuticals. Plants, however, only need soil, ...