Imagine being told to inhale a nasal spray full of the coronavirus. More than 14,000 people in the U.S. and elsewhere are putting their names forward to do so. They are volunteering for what’s called a “human challenge trial,” an ethically controversial way to test vaccines that would deliberately infect people with a virus that has killed over 270,000 people worldwide and has no cure. “It’s not every day we give a healthy individual an exposure to a pathogen — the very same thing doctors are trying to protect people from,” said Dr. Nir Eyal, director of the Center for Population-Level Bioethics at Rutgers University. “But it becomes increasingly clear [that] the only sustainable exit from the current health and societal crisis is a vaccine, and there are ways to conduct such a trial that are perfectly ethical.” To read the full story.
Recent Posts
- NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
- Unveiling the Biomechanical Forces that Drive Scarring.
- Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary.
- Will Banning Food Dyes Improve Our Health?
- Backed by Science and Evidence, New Jersey’s Actions Aim to Advance Maternal Health.
Categories
- Community (2,290)
- Covid (987)
- CTO Events (6)
- News (2,915)
- Pilots (21)