Feds Race to Make Vaccine! (In 2003. To SARS. Using gene splicing. Like the protein prongs that stick out of the virus. They know the risks!)
"Developing a vaccine often takes a couple of decades...but the federal government is aiming to develop a SARS vaccine in just 3-years..although some question whether a SARS vaccine is even possible"
One approach is using gene-splicing to make plenty of SARS virus parts, such as the protein prongs that stick out from the virus, giving it a crown-like appearance under a microscope. Injecting these proteins -- but not the virus itself -- may be enough to prompt the immune system to recognize the SARS virus.
Wired, MAY 28, 2003, reprinting the AP
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