September 4, 2024 by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center An aberrant immune–epithelial progenitor niche is a hallmark of post-viral lung disease. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07926-8Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs’ protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19. The findings, published in...