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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 of The Evidence, Claudia’s expert panel, including Chris Chiu of Imperial College London, Shobana Balasingham 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.
On radio
Sat 19 Oct 2024
18:06GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except West and Central Africa
Broadcasts
- Sat 19 Oct 2024 18:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except West and Central Africa
- Sun 20 Oct 2024 08:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Sun 20 Oct 2024 11:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East Asia & South Asia