Genetically modified cigarettes help fight rabies

Chemicals in cigarettes are harmful to health, but a genetically modified tobacco plant can provide antibiotic-resistant antibiotics.

The cost of producing rabies antibiotics in developing countries is so great that sometimes even rich people cannot access the most advanced rabies treatments. Therefore, reducing the cost of producing anti-rabies antibiotics so that many people can access advanced treatments is the optimal and long-term solution for poor countries.

Genetically modified tobacco plants can become
Effective weapons in the treatment of rabies.

Leonard Both, a cell immunologist at the University of London in England, and his colleagues mutated the genes of tobacco plants to produce an antibiotic in the leaves. This antibiotic, made up of a number of sugars and proteins, has the ability to prevent the movement of rabies virus to the human nervous system. It even prevents the virus from contacting nerves around the bite of a rabid animal, Science Daily reported.

"If people with rabies virus are not treated promptly, their chances of dying are nearly 100%. Producing cheap antibiotics from genetically modified plants is the optimal solution to prevent rabies in families. poor in developing countries, " Both said.

Rabies, caused by rabies virus, is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system leading to certain deaths. Humans have recorded the existence of rabies 3,000 years ago. Today, every year rabies continues to kill thousands of people in developing countries and can attack international tourists. Viruses from rabid animals (like dogs) spread to humans when animals bite people.