Solving a 48-year-old mystery: Scientists grow noroviruses in human intestinal cell cultures
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have successfully grown human noroviruses in laboratory cultures of human intestinal epithelial cells by adding bile to the cultures. This breakthrough allows researchers to explore and develop procedures to prevent and treat infection, as well as better understand norovirus biology.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Solving a 48-year-old mystery: Scientists grow noroviruses in human intestinal cell cultures Baylor College of Medicine · Aug 25, 2016 · first to report
- NIH-supported researchers develop novel system to grow norovirus in intestinal cells NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · Aug 25, 2016
- Scientists succeed at growing noroviruses in human intestinal cell cultures in the lab National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Aug 26, 2016