Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard ...

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Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, ...

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In several experiments, the wearable accurately identified the presence of hydrogen peroxide in groups of plants exposed to a ...

ORNL scientists introduce a biosensor for real-time RNA monitoring in plants, promising advancements in agriculture and ...

The biohydrogel-enabled microneedle sensor can “achieve direct measurements in under a minute for less than a dollar per test ...

ORNL scientists created a biosensor technology that lets researchers visualize and track RNA activity in living plants, using ...

Plants, however, only need soil ... There are several clinical trials underway looking at tobacco-produced immunotherapies for diseases like HIV, and even Ebola virus disease. One treatment already ...