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One tobacco plant is engineered to make five psychedelics at once

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Scientists engineered a single tobacco plant to produce five different psychedelics simultaneously by importing genes from plants, toads and mushrooms, while Finnish researchers found sauna bathing triggers powerful immune cell responses.

Reporting date: 2026-04-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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One tobacco plant is engineered to make five psychedelics at once
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Reporting date: 2026-04-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-07-one-plant-five-psychedelics
Claim: Scientists engineered a single tobacco plant to produce five different psychedelics simultaneously by importing genes from plants, toads and mushrooms, while Finnish researchers found sauna bathing triggers powerful immune cell responses.
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- Welcome to April 7, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-7-2026
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