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SARS Vaccine Developed

Posted by michael on from the more-shots dept.

sbszine writes "Chinese scientists have successfully produced a SARS vaccine. In a clinical trial beginning in May, 36 volunteers were vaccinated. Most have now developed antibodies, and there have been no side effects reported. Slashdot covered the commencement of the clinical trial in an earlier story."

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  1. Re:"Volunteers"? by StuckInSyrup · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nothing melodramatic about that. It's most probably a subunit vaccine (no infectious particles, just selected antigens), so there is no threat of infection from the vaccine. Today, most antiviral vaccines are of this type.

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  2. But it only matters if... by CodeWanker · · Score: 3, Informative

    SARS doesn't mutate rapidly. That's why we have a different flu vaccine every year. New strains are always evolving. And remember the "crisis" we had this year with the vaccine? It's only a crisis if the World Health Organization guessed the right strain to innoculate against. Sometimes they don't. In which case, no amount of vaccine matters.

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