Coronavirus vaccine: Oxford team aim to start lab-controlled human trial soon

Jenner Institute at Oxford hopes to recruit healthy volunteers for human challenge trial within months Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe team behind the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine hope to begin tests on volunteers who will be intentionally exposed to the virus in a “challenge trial”, a move seen as controversial as there is no proven cure for the illness.Although challenge trials, in which healthy volunteers are given a pathogen, are routine in vaccine development, taking the approach for Covid-19, where there is no failsafe treatment if a volunteer becomes severely ill, has been questioned. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/16/coronavirus-vaccine-oxford-team-volunteers-lab-controlled-human-challenge-trial #immunology #coronavirus_outbreak #vaccines_and_immunisation #medical_research #infectious_diseases #uk_news #biochemistry_and_molecular_biology #science #world_news