Understanding how SARS-CoV-2 behaves in gut

Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg investigate if and how coronavirus could spread through faecal matter

Tissue culture plates in an incubator.
EMBL scientists grow human intestinal organoids in the lab, to study the behaviour of the novel coronavirus in our guts. PHOTO: Daniel Schraivogel/EMBL

As researchers around the world investigate how novel coronavirus spreads, some are turning not to our mouths or noses, but to our gut. Researchers in the Alexandrov and Steinmetz groups at EMBL Heidelberg, together with colleagues from the University Hospital Heidelberg, are combining advanced imaging and sequencing technologies to understand if and how SARS-CoV-2 can be spread through faecal matter.

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