DUKE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY IMAGE SHOWING ROBUST UPTAKE OF SARS-COV-2 BY HUMAN STEM CELL-DERIVED KIDNEY PODOCYTES. THE INFECTED CELLS EXPRESS VIRAL NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN (RED) AND THE PODOCYTE CELL LINEAGE IDENTIFICATION MARKER, NEPHRIN (CYAN). CREDIT: TITILOLA KALEJAIYE, DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, N.C. – The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney...
