Tropical endophytes yield beneficial compounds
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY ADELINE TING BELIEVE it or not, there is something growing in our plants! Inside the tissue of roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds, we can find tiny living microscopic organisms (microbes) known as endophytes. Endophytes, as the name suggests, refers to “internal or within” (endo) and “plants” (phyta). Therefore, endophytes can be bacteria or […]
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN INVESTIGATIONAL vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according to interim results published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The ongoing Phase 1 trial is supported by the National Institute of Allergy […]