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Deadly Blooms Offer a Genetic Blueprint for Hard-to-Synthesize Medicines

via Phys.org·Aug 1

Two plants that cause paralysis in trace doses also yield compounds that counter pain, malaria, cancer and pests. Researchers have now reconstructed how the plants make them, opening a route to synthesis.

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