Scripps research scientists engineer new type of vaccination that provides instant immunity

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

The experiments, thus far performed only in mice, appear to overcome a major drawback of vaccinations - the lag time of days, or even weeks, that it normally takes for immunity to build against a pathogen. This new method of vaccination could potentially be used to provide instantaneous protection against diseases caused by viruses and bacteria, cancers, and even virulent toxins...

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