Stem cell biologist Hans Clevers, together with researchers from the ErasmusMC and Maastricht University, succeeded in infecting mini versions of the human intestine cultured in the lab, with SARS-CoV-2.
Hans Clevers and his team can boast yet another exciting breakthrough. Clevers has already developed mini-organs (organoids) of intestines, liver, kidneys and human brains and now he has also succeeded in creating organoids of the venom glands of snakes.
A Dutch vocal group raised €100,000 for the promising study with which Consortium on Asthma Prevention aims to prove that a special milk powder can protect children from developing asthma.
