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Early human embryonic cells may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection

A University of California, Riverside study reports that cells in the earliest stages of human development could be susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, offering new insight into how the virus interacts with developing human tissues and why that may matter for pregnancy res...

Early human embryonic cells may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection
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A University of California, Riverside study reports that cells in the earliest stages of human development could be susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, offering new insight into how the virus interacts with developing human tissues and why that may matter for pregnancy research.

Originally published at Phys.org

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