Thu. 10/22 - The Rare Tree Needed for a COVID-19 Vaccine

Cool Stuff Daily · Oct 22, 2020 · 18m

What does root beer have to do with a potential COVID-19 vaccine? A deep dive on that connection. A peek into the world of people who grow giant vegetables. And the Iowa woman who had her cat successfully cloned.

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A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Rely on Rare Trees in Chile (The Atlantic)

COVID-19 tracker: Roche taps Atea for oral antiviral; AstraZeneca's US vaccine trial to resume 'imminently' (Fierce Pharma)

‘We’re like athletes’: the secret lives of giant-vegetable growers (The Guardian)

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