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quantumwoke 8 hours ago

My wife (MD) tells me that vaccine refers to anything that induces an immune response against a pathogen or disease. In this case the vaccine causes anti-EGFR antibody production

JPLeRouzic 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> In this case the vaccine causes anti-EGFR antibody production

English is not my native tongue so I have some problem to parse your sentence. I prefer the writing in the publication cited above [0] even if it's probably the same meaning:

"CIMAvax-EGF is a therapeutic cancer vaccine composed of human recombinant EGF"

[0] https://aacrjournals.org/clincancerres/article/22/15/3782/79...

quietbritishjim 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It parses fine to me, but then I'm a native English speaker (and I don't claim to know whether its content is actually true). Strictly speaking, there should be a comma after "case", which may have helped you but is unusual unless you're writing something really formal.

Here's the sentence restructured:

... vaccine refers to anything that induces an immune response against a pathogen or disease. Here is how that definition applies in this case: the vaccine causes the immune system to produce anti-EGFR antibodies.