Scientists in Thailand are developing a plant-based vaccine to fight the Omicron variant.
Testing of the COVID-19 vaccine, which uses tobacco leaves, initially began in 2020, with the next round of human trials due in the spring.
The low-nicotine Australian tobacco variety is different to the kind used in cigarettes.
Researchers say the speed at which it grows means it can be turned from a seed into a vaccine within a month and the technology is highly adaptable.
“It takes only 10 days for us to produce a prototype and… no more than three weeks to test whether that prototype works or not,” assistant professor Dr Suthira Taychakhoonavudh, chief executive of Baiya Phytopharm, told Sky News.
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