Medical reports said that researchers in Thailand are developing a vaccine against the emerging corona virus, based on tobacco leaves, in an effort to address the “Omicron” mutant, which has caused great concern in the world.
According to the British “Sky News” network, the trial of vaccines based on tobacco leaves began in 2020, while clinical trials in humans are expected to start next spring.
Experts point out that Australian tobacco, known for its low level of nicotine, is different from tobacco that is used in the cigarette industry.
Scientific estimates indicate that the speed at which this Australian tobacco is growing allows it to be converted into a vaccine, in just a month, using technological progress.
The Executive Director of the “Bia Phyto Pharm” company, Suthera Taishakhu Navud, said that developing a model of this vaccine takes only ten days, while the trial period does not exceed three weeks, and then it appears whether it is effective or not.
And she added that work is underway to develop a vaccine against the “Omicron” mutant, and at the present time, “we have a model, and we are experimenting with it.”
These vaccines make use of tobacco leaves after the harvesting process, and they are converted into what looks like fertile soil to produce proteins that counteract the emerging corona virus.
Later, these plants are squeezed in order to extract proteins that can help the human immune system to deal with the emerging corona virus, which appeared in China in late 2019, and then turned into a global epidemic.
When a person is injected with this vaccine, the body stimulates antibodies that fight the “SARS Cove 2” infection that leads to “Covid 19” disease.
If the experiments go well, experts believe that this vaccine will be ready for use in late 2022.
Despite the availability of many vaccines against Corona, at the present time, scientists say that it is necessary to continue their efforts in order to provide other options, especially in light of the presence of many developing countries that do not get their needs in order to complete the vaccinations as required.
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