THE BRIGHT SIDE OF NICOTINE

Researchers in India are supposedly working on beneficial alternative uses for the tobacco plant. According to scientists at the Central Tobacco Research Station, the much-maligned plant could be used as a high-protein diet supplement, a healing agent in burn victims, and even as a hypoallergenic formula for babies. According to this report, which sounds completely made up (but what do I know?) bioengineers have already used tobacco plants in the preparation of antibiotics, vaccines, anti-cancer drugs, blood substitutes, biodegradable plastics and industrial enzynes. (NewIndPress.com)