Winnipeg -- Canadian scientists have developed SARS vaccines so quickly that they're being stockpiled in case of emergency and will be tested on ferrets within weeks.
The promising results of research by the British Columbia-based SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative (SAVI) were announced yesterday at a SARS symposium in Winnipeg. If the inoculated ferrets are resistant to SARS, the best vaccine will be selected for tests with macaque monkeys, said Brett Findlay, a professor at the University of British Columbia's biotechnology laboratory.
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