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Pulses raised as new study reveals secrets of the plant that keeps people calm
These new findings came from research into Indian snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) which has been used for millennia in South and South East-Asia as a tranquilizer. Read more
ASPB’s 2018 Sharon Gray Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winners Announced
Each year, ASPB, through its Women in Plant Biology Committee, awards travel grants to attend the Plant Biology annual meeting to early-career women investigators. Read more
Researchers identify how opium poppies synthesize promising new drug
After only four years of intensive research, scientists from the University of Calgary have identified a pathway of genes in opium poppies that underlies the synthesis of noscapine — a promising cancer-fighting agent and a cough suppressant used in many European countries. Read more