Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every part of human physiology. | Microbiology

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“People used to say that SARS-CoV-2 only infects cells with certain receptors, especially those with the ACE2 receptor …” said Professor Evan Snyder, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine at Sanford Burnham Prebys. “We demonstrated that when a direct entry point was unavailable, the virus just punches through the cell membrane instead.”