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The Tree That Could Help Stop the Pandemic

theatlantic.com · 5,603 words · saved by 1 readers

The rare Chilean soapbark tree produces compounds that can boost the body’s reaction to vaccines.

In early April , Paul Hiley was kicking back in the executive suite at Desert King International LLC, gazing out the window at the San Diego sunshine and daydreaming about his golf game. California had issued its initial stay-at-home order for COVID-19, but apart from the hand sanitizer around the office, life was more or less normal. Retirement was on the horizon for Hiley. Maybe he’d sell the business. Maybe his son, Damian, would take over. For more than 42 years, Hiley has been a leading purveyor of certain plant-based food additives such as saponins, foaming agents used in root beer and S

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