Human challenge trials: How deliberately infecting people is supercharging medical research

Christopher Chiu conducted the first human challenge trial for covid-19 in 2021 Thomas Angus/Imperial College London At first glance, you would think it was a modest hotel. There are en-suite bedrooms, a socialising area with table tennis and pool tables and even on-call staff. Despite appearances though, this unassuming glass-fronted building on the outskirts of…

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