Up to 90 volunteers in UK to take part in pioneering Covid infection trial
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from on (#5E9C4)
Human challenge trial will monitor healthy 18- to 30-year-olds given virus to aid vaccine and therapy research
The world's first coronavirus human challenge study will begin in the UK in a matter of weeks, following approval from the country's clinical trials ethics body, the business department said.
Approval has been given for an initial trial that will involve up to 90 carefully screened, healthy, adult volunteers aged between 18 and 30. They will be exposed to the coronavirus in a safe, controlled environment. It is hoped further trials will follow.
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