Researchers Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus, Hoping to Conquer Covid-19 – Wall Street Journal

By Jenny Strasburg Sept. 4, 2021 530 am ET LONDON—Much of the world spent the past year taking vaccines and wearing masks to evade Covid-19. In the U.K., almost four dozen volunteers have had the virus dripped into their noses by syringe in clinical experiments. So-called human challenge studies—which intentionally expose healthy people to viruses […]

WSJ – Researchers Ready Lab-Grown Covid-19 Delta Variant for Human Trials

U.K. company is growing the highly contagious variant under tight lab controls for use in challenge studies Scientists have coaxed the Delta strain to mature, said Andrew Catchpole, chief scientiic oficer of trial partner hVivo. PHOTO: HVIVO SERVICES LIMITED by Jenny Strasburg – Wall Street Journal LONDON—While the rest of the world is trying to […]