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Cannabis Genome Project,2011. SOLiD sequencer. R&D lead Human Genome Project at MIT/WIBR. Founder- Medicinal Genomics.

Aug 7, 2021, 5 tweets

How it started

How it’s Going

Catnip synthesizes a Terpenes known as nepetalactones.

advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/20/e…

Nepetalactone is an insect repellent with its target being TRPA1 receptors.

cell.com/current-biolog…

Hits the u-opioid receptor in cats.

advances.sciencemag.org/content/advanc…

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