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Kate Ng19 April 2021 07:51
Volunteers to be reinfected with Covid-19 to help improve vaccines
Volunteers who have recovered from a coronavirus infection will be deliberately infected with the virus for a second time, in a new study that could help develop new treatments and vaccines agains the disease.
The study, led by a team from the University of Oxford, will investigate how a previous infection affects a second exposure to the virus and what kind of immune response is needed to protect people.
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Kate Ng19 April 2021 07:51