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There is currently no vaccine for SARS, and its similarity to other common sicknesses such as influenza, combined with a long incubation period of ten days make it difficult to identify and diagnose, Harvard Medical School Professor Kenneth McIntosh ’58 said in an interview earlier this month...
In the five patients who had received this vaccine, the researchers found signs of increased cell death in the presence of tumor-fighting immune cells—suggesting the antibody treatment had enhanced the effects of the vaccine.
The combination of the antibody with a particular cancer vaccine “resulted in especially potent immune attack on tumors,” according to results of the study released earlier this month.
After following the patients for several years, researchers found best results in those who had been previously treated with a vaccine that uses their own cells to help produce the molecule GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor).
Long said she hopes Harvard will change its policy in light of the possibility of a SARS vaccine being introduced in the near future.