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Scientists crack opium poppy’s genetic code
PARIS (AFP) – Researchers have discovered the genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, according to a new study. The findings could lead to engineered plants and micro-organisms that efficiently make codeine, one of the most widely prescribed painkillers in the world, the researchers said. Unlike…
Explosion rocks CT power plant, killing at least five
At least five people were killed and 12 injured in a massive gas explosion that tore apart an unfinished US power plant and rattled windows miles (kilometers) away. However officials cautioned that they did not know how many people were in the Kleen Energy plant, which was still being constructed,…
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