Author: Jon Merz
Date: 03-10-08 14:45
Source: MSNBC.com
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23490612/wid/11915773?GT1=31036
Date published: March 10th 2008
from Robin Bhaerman:
Want to catch malaria — and get $4,000 for it?
Volunteers would be bitten by infected mosquitoes in vaccine study
SEATTLE - The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria.
Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is testing which vaccines work fastest.
The head of the program, Dr. Patrick Duffy, said volunteers will spend several nights under medical supervision in a hotel.
All of the human trials will be reviewed for safety by the Food and Drug Administration.
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