22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

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Recent patent opens the door for CBD to be grown in tobacco.
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Another post recently mentioned a new patent awarded to XXII. This is has some real potential - among other things, the ability to grown CBD in tobacco. Summary: The Cannabis plant makes cannabinoids (THC, CBD, CBC, and so on) in trichomes. To manipulate cannabinoids, you therefore need molecular “on switches” (promoters) for trichomes. This recently awarded patent, filed by Dr Paul Rushton and XXII last year, protects not just one such switch but eight. In fact, it delivers switches from all of the major steps in cannabinoid biosynthesis. These switches could be lucrative in manipulating CBD (and terpenes) in the cannabis/hemp plant, in making cannabinoids in other plants, and in using trichomes as “Biofactories” to make other valuable substances. See Patent No. 10,787,674, granted Sept 29, 2020.