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The periwinkle plant, also known as Catharanthus roseus, produces several compounds with medicinal properties, including the anticancer drug vinblastine.
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MIT associate professor Sarah O’Connor, right, and graduate student Weerawat Runguphan have engineered periwinkle root cells that can produce variations of compounds that the plant normally synthesizes.
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