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>The discovery, published in Nature Communications, could lead to safer production of medicines and vaccines using tobacco plants, without the unwanted nicotine. Nicotine, the chemical that makes tobacco products addictive, has been used by humans for over 10,000 years. But despite decades of study, scientists never fully understood how plants like Nicotiana tabacum - the main source of tobacco - actually build the nicotine molecule. Scientists have now discovered the missing genes and enzyme that tobacco plants need to make nicotine, and recreated the process in the lab and inside living plants, proving how it works.

Archive: https://archive.today/qVIA3 From the post: >>The discovery, published in Nature Communications, could lead to safer production of medicines and vaccines using tobacco plants, without the unwanted nicotine. Nicotine, the chemical that makes tobacco products addictive, has been used by humans for over 10,000 years. But despite decades of study, scientists never fully understood how plants like Nicotiana tabacum - the main source of tobacco - actually build the nicotine molecule. Scientists have now discovered the missing genes and enzyme that tobacco plants need to make nicotine, and recreated the process in the lab and inside living plants, proving how it works.
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Nicotine in it's natural form is no more addictive than caffeine. And why just tobacco, why not study other plants that contain a high nicotine content? Plants like Chili pepper, Bell pepper, tomato, potato, eggplant, Petunia, Ground Cherry, Henbane, Tomatillo, Habanero, etc. Nicotine is not rare in plants. Wild tobacco has a much higher nicotine content than domestic tobacco.