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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Duke University & Cambridge University - Artificial 'mini-lungs' grown in a lab allow scientists to watch how the coronavirus infects human cells in 'major breakthrough'

Title:
Artificial 'mini-lungs' grown in a lab allow scientists to watch how the coronavirus infects human cells in 'major breakthrough'
 
Author:
Ryan Morrison
 
Published:
Daily Mail, 23 October 2020
 
From the article:
* Researchers took stem cells and had them grow into cells found in the lungs 
* They then had them produce 3D models of the lung cells Covid-19 infects 
* They can use their new models to track the spread of the deadly virus in lungs 
* It's hoped doing so will allow them to develop new drugs to help treat the virus