Kariwa and his team developed a new laboratory-grown cell line, called MRK101, derived from the kidney of the grey red-backed vole, to study how the Hokkaido virus interacts with host cells. (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Kariwa and his team developed a new laboratory-grown cell line, called MRK101, derived from the kidney of the grey red-backed vole, to study how the Hokkaido virus interacts with host cells.

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Kariwa and his team developed a new laboratory-grown cell line, called MRK101, derived from the kidney of the grey red-backed vole, to study how the Hokkaido virus interacts with host cells. 

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Hiroaki Kariwa

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