
TWiV 846: Beta was stirring, and now in a mouse
This Week in Virology
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The Transgentic Human ACE Two Mice Survive
Kannego: The mice are alive on day seven post infection, ok. Then they pul so that virus is reproducing in wild type mice, ace two, human. Ace two transgenic is the control. And then they pull out lung tissues and do staining to see what's happening at the cellular level. They can find viral pro n in the lung. But they say no infectious virous except in the lung and tracia. So not only did the mice survive, but, as i recall from the taxat least there, they couldn't even measure any significant weight change. This mimics serious disease, serious covid in humans. I would say this is not severe
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