SARS Vaccine Could Be Stopgap Measure Against the New Coronavirus, Study Suggests

Vaccines developed, but never used, against SARS could offer hope in the search for treatments for the new coronavirus.

By Leslie Nemo
Feb 3, 2020 9:15 PMNov 3, 2020 4:55 PM
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The emerging coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 17,000 people in a matter of weeks. Researchers around the world are hunting for treatments, and a new analysis of , published today, suggests several avenues for treatment. 

Disease-fighting agents from the immune systems of people infected with the coronavirus stopped the infection in a lab, as did those from horses that dealt with SARS. The emerging coronavirus is related to SARS, a disease that reached epidemic proportions in 2002 and 2003.

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