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Keep up to date with the latest project news and research.

Visualising the scale of MUSICC’s work with artist 72kilos

11th August 2025

MUSICC has collaborated with artist 72kilos to create an inspiring vignette that speaks to the overall challenge and goal of the research project.

A view of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and Centre for Healthcare Innovation, in Singapore.

NCID lays the groundwork for MUSICC trials in Singapore

6th August 2025

Singapore’s first human challenge study is paving the way for the future of MUSICC’s work.

MUSICC Exhibits at the Great Exhibition Road Festival

4th July 2025

On 7th-8th June MUSICC led a multi-project stand at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (GERF), engaging the public on human challenge studies.

A group shot of the MUSICC consortium

MUSICC consortium 2nd annual meeting in Brussels, Belgium

8th May 2025

The meeting was an opportunity for the consortium to discuss project progress from the past year and the challenges ahead.

Photograph of a person applying a nasal spray to their nose.

The future of vaccines is needle-free

6th February 2025

Could nasal vaccines be the future of Covid immunisation?

Computer generated image of the microscopic view of several COVID-19 type viruses.

Would you get sick for science?

19th October 2024

MUSICC’s Consortium Lead Prof. Chris Chiu features in an episode of BBC World Service’s ‘The Evidence’, discussing the intricacies of human challenge studies and their pivotal role in advancing vaccine research.

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Infecting people on purpose

18th October 2024

The power of human challenge studies in tackling infectious disease

Human ‘challenge trials’ entail risk but they could be our best protection against the next pandemic

28th May 2024

Next-generation vaccines in development today could help prevent an outbreak from becoming the next global crisis.

Imperial-led global human challenge consortium kick off ambitious 5-year project

24th April 2024

On 17-18 April, the MusiCC consortium convened at Imperial College London to kick off its ambitious 5-year project.

Virus background with disease cells and red blood cells

Healthy humans will be deliberately infected with Covid in bid to develop nasal spray vaccine

14th March 2024

A £44m project aims to develop next-generation treatments that reduce disease severity and block transmission.

Christopher Chiu

Global human challenge consortium to push for next generation of vaccines

11th March 2024

An international group of researchers specialising in human challenge studies is embarking on a project to develop advanced virus-blocking vaccines.

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Global consortium plans coordinated human challenge studies in hunt for transmission-blocking coronavirus vaccines

11th March 2024

An international consortium of researchers specialising in human challenge studies is embarking on a US$57 million project to develop advanced, virus-blocking coronavirus vaccines.