Japan: New coronavirus successfully isolated and cultured: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

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Japan: New coronavirus successfully isolated and cultured: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases reports on a new type of coronavirus that continues to spread in China

“We succeeded in isolating and culturing the virus itself from patient samples,”  said.

This time, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases has isolated the virus itself.

Vaccines and therapeutics,
Development of new inspection methods,
And the mechanism of infection and pathogenicity

It is said that research can be advanced.

Cultured virus: distributed worldwide

The virus that has been cultured is distributed to research institutions in Japan and abroad to use it for research.

So far, Chinese and Australian laboratories have succeeded in isolating the virus.

NHK News

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200131/amp/k10012267711000.html

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