Mini-Organ Models Reveal Hantavirus Secrets, Point to Treatments

Mini-organ models reveal hantavirus secrets, point to treatments

UCLA researchers have created miniature stem cell-based organoid models of human lungs, hearts and brains to study how hantaviruses—rare but often deadly viruses spread by rodents—infect the body. Hantaviruses were thrust into the national spotlight earlier this year as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the classical pianist and wife of late actor Gene Hackman.

UCLA Researchers Develop Miniature Lung, Heart, and Brain Models to Study Hantavirus Infections

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