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Tobacco Takes on Ebola, Researchers Breed Spider Toxin-Producing Plants

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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Researchers have found a way to speed up the production of an Ebola-fighting protein by inserting it into tobacco plants, which act like a photocopier for the protein. (DTN illustration by Nick Scalise)
Researchers have found a way to speed up the production of an Ebola-fighting protein by inserting it into tobacco plants, which act like a photocopier for the protein. (DTN illustration by Nick Scalise)
In the latest Crop Tech Corner, researchers use tobacco plants to grow the key ingredient for an experimental Ebola vaccine, crops bred to express insect-killing spider toxins do well in trials, and MU researchers examine boron deficiencies.

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