USED FOR MILLENNIA AS POISON, LARKSPUR, WOLFSBANE COULD BECOME MEDICINE AFTER LABORATORY BREAKTHROUGH

2 famously toxic plants, know also to counter pain, malaria, cancer, and pests, may have had those medicinal properties synthesized in a lab for the first time. The researchers behind the discovery hold that “plants are the best chemists,” and believe they’ve demonstrated that next-generation drugs don’t need to come from chemistry breakthroughs.

Good News Network reports that 2 famously toxic plants, know also to counter pain, malaria, cancer, and pests, may have had those medicinal properties synthesized in a lab for the first time.

The report adds: The researchers behind the discovery hold that “plants are the best chemists,” and believe they’ve demonstrated that next-generation drugs don’t need to come from chemistry breakthroughs.

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