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From: bray@bbncca.ARPA (James Bray)
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Subject: Re: Cure for the Common Cold? (CCC)
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Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 12:46:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 12:46:18 1983
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What might be resposible is a general immunological stimulation provided
by the vaccine challenge. I recall there was work done attempting to use
vaccine challenges in cancer therapy, the theory being that the resulting
immunological stimulation would make the immune system wake up and attack
the cancer cells. Malaria is I believe actually a parasitic infection. I don't
know what that might mean about the type of vaccine or the immunological
response, but the three-year blood quarantine is interesting.

--Jim Bray (decvax!bbncca!jbray), jbray@bbncca