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Producing drug from plant and then from yeast [Registered]

Researchers at Stanford University have isolated the machinery for making a common cancer-fighting drug from an endangered plant. They then put that machinery into a common, easily grown laboratory plant, which was able to produce the chemical. The technique could potentially be applied to other plants and drugs, creating a less expensive and more stable source for those drugs.…

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