By AKIYOSHI ABE/ Staff Writer
June 24, 2020 at 18:50 JST
The CT image of the lung of a hamster that had been infected for seven days shows a pneumonia similar to the one developed by human patients. (Provided by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science)
Hamsters and humans develop the same type of pneumonia from novel coronavirus infections, showing that the animals are prime test subjects for potential remedies and vaccines, a University of Tokyo study found. [Read More]
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