Young, healthy volunteers in the UK could be deliberately exposed to the Coronavirus under highly controlled conditions to speed up the development of a vaccine. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
The government is committing more than £30 million to the so-called human challenge trials, which means researchers don't have to wait until their subjects come across the infection naturally.
It's hoped the project will begin in January.
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The government is committing more than £30 million to the so-called human challenge trials, which means researchers don't have to wait until their subjects come across the infection naturally.
It's hoped the project will begin in January.
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