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Would you get sick for science?
Why are some people deliberately infected with diseases?
Human challenge trials are when volunteers are deliberately infected with diseases to help find vaccines or cures. In this episode, Claudia鈥檚 expert panel, including Chris Chiu of Imperial College London, Shobana Balasingam of Wellcome and Kondwani Jambo of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine look at what these trials have accomplished, how safe they are, and the long and oftentimes complicated history behind the practice.
Image credit: Plamen Zahariev
Image description: Medical visualization of SARS-CoV-2 - Covid 19 coronavirus in 3D environment
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