Beidler testified today he never knew the source of Wood's money and only broke up the deposits to protect Wood's privacy. The jury began its deliberations about two hours ago. With its health risks versus economic benefits, the future of the tobacco industry remains locked in controversy and uncertainty. But research on the Virginia Tech campus could lead even its opponents to eventually embrace the golden leaf. That protein produces an important enzyme, which is missing in victims of Gaucher disease.
Patients suffer from bone deformities and other complications that can lead to death.
The U.S. Army thinks so too. The technology could also have non- medical applications. But for now, it's still developmental, and therefore limited and expensive. NONE Other companies are looking into insecticides produced naturally in the plant's leaves, and tobacco proteins as food additives. And though the new technologies won't provide a quick fix for tobacco farmers, they do leave the long- term future wide open.