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COVID-19 human challenge study

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Findings from the UK’s world-leading human challenge study provide new insights into mild infections with SARS-CoV-2 in healthy young adults. The collaborative study is the first in the world to perform detailed monitoring over the full course of COVID-19, from the moment a person first encounters SARS-CoV-2, throughout the infection to the point at which […]

Human challenge studies for COVID-19

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Researchers are set to explore a human challenge study with the virus that causes COVID-19, the first such study anywhere in the world. The Human Challenge Programme is a partnership between Imperial College London, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), hVIVO, a leading clinical company with expertise in viral human challenge models, […]