NC company working to develop coronavirus vaccine using plant source

DURHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina company has joined the fight against coronavirus and is working to develop a vaccine using a plant source.

Medicago USA in Durham says in 20 days, it developed the anti-bodies to fight the virus.

It would use plants grown in a greenhouse. They are then submerged in DNA to combat the virus.

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This isn’t the company’s first big effort. In 2009, it produced a research grade vaccine for the Swine Flu.

In 2015, they made an anti-body cocktail for the fight against Ebola.

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