COVID-19 in an engineered airway model (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

COVID-19 in an engineered airway model

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Derived from patients’ cells, a new airway model containing ciliated respiratory endothelial cells recapitulates SARS-CoV-2 infection and can be used to test drugs. Three ciliated cells in this model are infected with the virus.

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Chantelle Simone Roach, Boston Children’s, and Jake La Suer, Boston University.

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