China approves human testing for COVID-19 vaccine grown in insect cells


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China approves human testing for COVID-19 vaccine grown in insect cells [서울=아시아뉴스통신] 레악카나기자 송고시간 2020-08-25 00:00 A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration. (Photo by=Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) [아시아뉴스통신=레악카나 기자] China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said on Saturday (Aug 22). 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...