香港大學的一個研究團隊發現，新冠病毒可感染人類和中華菊頭蝠的腸道，並有複製能力，認為病毒可能源自蝙蝠。團隊還發現腸道可能是人類感染的另一途徑。研究發表在醫學期刊《自然醫學》上。研究人員計劃利用蝙蝠器官培養各種蝙蝠病毒，預測新興傳染病。...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BA.2 was a dominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant worldwide. Recent reports hint...Read more

The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 emerged in November 2021 and is rapidly spreading among the human population1. Although recent reports r...Read more

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香港大學微生物學團隊創造了全球首個蝙蝠腸道類器官，並證實即使新冠病毒量低，仍可於蝙蝠腸道繁殖。團隊還發現該病毒可感染人類腸道和呼吸系統。該研究已發表在國際科學期刊《自然》上。...

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the biggest public health c...Read more

© 2021 Elsevier Inc. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by a burst in the upper respiratory portal for high...Read more

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研究人员在2020年创建了全球首个蝙蝠肠道类器官，证实新冠病毒可以感染蝙蝠细胞，并提供了一种全新且独特的方法来研究众多蝙蝠病毒。这将为科研人员带来更大的便利，因为全球能够饲养蝙蝠进行实验的研究设施非常少。实验动物广泛用于传染病研究，但它们存在局限性，如伦理问题和在实验室饲养某些物种的困难。...

疫情期間，科研人員不辭勞苦地努力研究新冠病毒對人體的影響和發病機制。香港大學微生物學系助理教授周婕致力於類器官研究，利用體外模型模擬人類呼吸道上皮組織。這項研究有助於探討病毒如何感染呼吸道，研究個人對病毒的易感性，以及噴鼻式疫苗對呼吸道的作用和影響。...

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A novel coronavirus—severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—emerged in humans in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since dis...Read more

A research team from HKUMed, led by Dr Zhou Jie and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, collaborated with Professor Hans Clevers from Hubrecht Institute, the Ne...Read more

Highly pathogenic coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (refs. ) (SARS-CoV-2), Middle East respiratory syndrome cor...Read more

香港大學的袁國勇教授和周婕助理教授帶領的研究團隊發現，新冠病毒可以感染蝙蝠和人類的腸道，暗示該病毒可能源自蝙蝠。團隊還發現，病毒可以在蝙蝠和人類的腸道中複製。該研究發表在最新一期的《自然醫學》期刊上。團隊計劃使用蝙蝠和人類呼吸道模型來預測哪些蝙蝠病毒可能引起下一次大流行病。...

The human upper respiratory tract, specifically the nasopharyngeal epithelium, is the entry portal and primary infection site of respiratory viruses. ...Read more