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welcome to the cotkey ride home for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020.

I'm Jackson Bird.

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Sapanins are a chemical compound found in various plant species,

which, when shaken together with water, create a soap-like foam.

They're used to create the foam that traps in carbonation in slurpees and sodas like root beer.

They're also one of the more promising adjuvants being explored for vaccines right now, including one of the leading

COVID-19 vaccine candidates. An adjuvant is an agent added to a vaccine to boost the immune

response and thereby decrease the amount of antigen necessary in the vaccine. They've been

really hit or miss over the years, though, which means FDA approval is rare,

and many vaccine manufacturers forego them altogether.

Past adjuvants have included tapioca starch and aluminum salt, but over recent years a number of

manufacturers have looked into sapinins as an adjuvant, specifically from the Kuyaha

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