{
  "id": 18223792,
  "title": "LAUTECH don warns plant expert shortage threatens drug safety",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/lautech-don-warns-plant-expert-shortage-threatens-drug-safety-18223792",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T01:52:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/lautech-don-warns-plant-expert-shortage-threatens-drug-safety/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A LAUTECH don has warned that a shortage of plant taxonomists in Nigeria threatens drug safety, especially herbal medicine, and biodiversity conservation. Read More: https://punchng.com/lautech-don-warns-plant-expert-shortage-threatens-drug-safety/",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}