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Sunday
Prehistoric Plant Intrigues New York Parkinson's Researchers:
"The New York Botanical Garden is an oasis of green for visitors escaping the city's concrete canyons. For scientists, it's a research center where a prehistoric plant may hold clues to a treatment for Parkinson's disease. Researchers at the Bronx garden's International Plant Science Center, now aided by a new $23 million laboratory, are assessing the therapeutic potential of trees, flowers and herbs by exploring their genetic makeup. From aspirin to Taxol, medicines have been derived from chemical compounds in plants......" |