Whitney Harrington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (IMAGE)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Whitney Harrington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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We've always considered the effect of a vaccine or an infection as being the product of one person's immune system. What we're basically proposing is that it's actually the product of two different immune systems that are interacting," said Dr. Whitney Harrington, who led the research team.

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