Who needs weed when we've got THC-producing yeast?
While there have been synthetic THC tablets around for quite some time, and medical marijuana markets on the rise, there has been another medical breakthrough as far as marijuana is concerned: yeast.
Yeast – hardly an innocent microorganism – is already used to produce alcohol, but this is believed to be the first time it has generated the natural chemical found in cannabis. They also have unpublished data to show they succeeded in creating a yeast strain that can make cannabidiol.
Researchers from the Technical University of Dortmund in Germany published their results in the journal Biotechnology Letters.
Now, scientists have customized yeast to create THC (the marijuana chemical that produces a “high”) and cannabidiol. Marijuana is increasingly being recognized for its medicinal purposes and a synthesized version of THC is now available in a pill form to treat nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite following cancer treatment...
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