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Poppy-free opioids.

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Posted on August 18, 2015

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  • An article in The Chemical Engineer about Stanford University research on making opiates without poppies mentions similar research by biology professor Vincent Martin. The Martin study of opioids derived from engineered yeast, co-authored with bioengineer John Dueber at University of California, Berkeley, appeared in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, in May.