British volunteers will be intentionally infected with Covid-19 as part of an experimental 'challenge trial' that could change scientists’ understanding of the virus.
Sue Tansey, a pharmaceutical physician who is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, an independent British watchdog, said that there was still"disagreement among experts" whether it's appropriate to go ahead with challenge trials."People are divided because it's an ethical conundrum," she said.handful of which have reached phase 3 tests
In ordinary studies volunteers are sent out into the world and regularly tested for Covid-19 in the hope that there will be some noticeable difference between the vaccinated and non-vaccinated groups. However this can take a long time — many of the participants will take months to get infected if they do at all.
The construction site is seen of the new dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre currently under construction on the Harwell science and innovations campus near Didcot in central England on Sept.18, 2020.Sir Patrick Vallance, the U.K.'s chief scientific adviser, said in July that two things needed to happen for challenge trials to be considered safe.
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