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The nicotine in tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, is highly addictive. Cytisine, from plants including golden rain, Laburnum spp., has been used in nicotine-replacement therapies, but is toxic. A safer drug, varenicline, was developed from cytisine as an aid to smoking cessation https://t.co/5vIwwsrkPh
Now Hiring: PostDoc: Plant oil metabolism and engineering | Washington State University: Pullman, Washington | https://t.co/we4cJT27pe #jobs
It's still #BlackBotanistsWeek, so meet Prof Nox Makunga ( @noxthelion). She specialises in medicinal plant biotechnology & is keen to highlight the difficulties faced by black botanists. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/t44Nd4RiDP