24
March
2018
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21:42
Asia/Singapore

Plant pharma

Assoc Prof Yew Wen Shen from the Dept of Biochemistry at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and his team of scientist in Singapore are looking to turn the therapeutic compounds in cannabinoids into legitimate medicine. They are looking for novel ways to biosynthesise cannabinoids without the need to grow the cannabis plant.