Two deadly flowers could inspire powerful new medicines

ScienceDaily
Aug 3, 2026, 1:51 am49 pts
Scientists have figured out how two famously poisonous plants create chemicals with surprising medical potential. After tracking thousands of genes in wolfsbane and larkspur, they identified six enzymes needed to build a complex compound called atisinium. The team recreated the process inside tobacco plants,…

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