Opiate recipe.
Concordia in the news
Posted on May 20, 2015
Researchers in the news
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- News media around the world continue to report on research from Concordia and University of California, Berkeley on the creation of genetically-modified yeast that can turn sugar into opiate drugs, including codeine and morphine, without the use of poppies. Concordia researcher and study co-author Vincent Martin, professor in the Department of Biology, is quoted in many of the articles, certain of which deal with the regulatory and legal oversight issues raised by the potential for homemade opiates: Daily Mail, The Independent, New York Post, Scientific American, National Public Radio, International Business Times (US),Times of India, University of Alberta News Service, Yahoo! News, Clinica Space, Science Times, Medical News Today, Bio Space, Business Standard, Sierra Sun Times, cnet.com, Science Blog, TCE Today, Before It's News, (e) Science News, Radio-Canada.ca, Journal de Montreal/édition-e, Top Santé , and dozens more today, in addition to the reports that appeared in more-than-200 news outlets yesterday. The Concordia/Berkeley study is published in the journals Nature and PLOS.