Saturday 22 August 2020

China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells

China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cellsChina has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said on Saturday. China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine - a first in China - could speed up large-scale production, the city government of Chengdu said in a notice on social media WeChat.




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