A 3D representation of human airway cell cultures that mimic the complexity of the cells found in the respiratory tract. (IMAGE)

University of Bern

A 3D representation of human airway cell cultures that mimic the complexity of the cells found in the respiratory tract.

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A 3D representation of human airway cell cultures that mimic the complexity of the cells found in the respiratory tract, including the presence of ciliated cells (red) and different cell layers (cell nucleus, blue), which can be used to study human respiratory virus (green) infections.

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