Social media users were amazed by the plant's transformation, with one saying: "This should be used in a national ad campaign ...

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

Only a portion of the tobacco inside a cigarette comes from the leaf of a tobacco plant. A significant amount of the shredded brown innards of most modern cigarettes is a paper product called ...

According to German technology university TU Dortmund, their researchers have managed to genetically modify a tobacco plant called Virginia Smoking Tobacco, so that its concentration of the highly ...

Last month, a monoclonal antibody produced in the leaves of tobacco plants entered phase I clinical trials in the United Kingdom. The antibody, known as P2G12, recognizes an HIV surface protein and is ...

The thinking was that the tobacco smoke would provide warmth and stimulation. Many people think of plants as nice-looking greens. Essential for clean air, yes, but simple organisms. A step change ...