A virus-like COVID-19 vaccine is being grown in tobacco plants
Read now →The "virus-like particle" produced by the Canadian company Medicago is the only vaccine in clinical trials made in plants
Hayley McKay
Genetics
University of Toronto
I’m a grad student at the University of Toronto where I study the genetic mechanisms governing male and female flower development in Cannabis sativa.
I’m passionate about science communication and have been writing about science for a general audience for the U of T student newspaper and other student club publications since 2018. A few of my scicomm rants have also appeared in The Globe & Mail’s Letters to the Editor section.
The "virus-like particle" produced by the Canadian company Medicago is the only vaccine in clinical trials made in plants