New research finds that heart and lung cells respond differently to COVID-19 Cell | lung | virus
The latest discovery by Australian researchers shows that the response of lung and heart cells to COVID-19 is quite different, which helps to develop a more accurate and effective COVID-19 treatment scheme.
This study was conducted in collaboration with the Murdoch Institute for Children in Australia and the Peter Dolty Institute for Infection and Immunology. The related paper has been published in the American journal Stem Cell Reports.
According to Murdoch Children's Research Institute, researchers infected heart and lung cells differentiated from human stem cells with COVID-19 respectively and observed their reactions to find out the impact of the virus on different organs. The study found that heart and lung cells have different responses to COVID-19, which helps the research team to find effective antiviral drugs for heart and lung cell infection respectively.