Used for Centuries as Poison, Larkspur, Wolfsbane May Become Medicine After Lab Breakthrough

Two famously toxic plants—known also to treat pain, malaria, cancer, and pests—may have had those medicinal properties synthesized in a lab for the first time. The researchers behind the discovery believe "plants are the best chemists"—and their breakthrough demonstrates that next-generation drugs don't need to come from chemists’ inventions. Centered on the plants wolfsbane and