How does the tobacco plant go from villain hero? After all, tobacco has been shown to be the leading cause of lung cancer, and its use increases the chances of many other cancers. Dr. Biology catches up with Charlie Arntzen, a biologist and pharmer (no, that is not a misspelling), who has been using the tobacco plant as a tool to develop drug treatments.

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