Scientists take exceptional pictures of "Corona" infecting respiratory cells
Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine revealed amazing new images of the Corona virus that infects human respiratory cells.
The college assistant professor of pediatrics, Dr. Camille Airy, took the high-resolution microscopic images, and the images are featured in the "Images in Clinical Medicine" section of the New England Journal of Medicine.
To obtain the images, the researchers infected cells in the human airways with corona, in a laboratory environment, and then examined the cells after 96 hours using electron microscopy.
This technique uses a focused beam of electrons to scan the surface of a sample.
When the electrons interact with atoms in the sample, a microscope collects this information and converts it into detailed images of the surfaces of cells and other organisms.
The images produced by scanning electron microscopy are black and white, and color is usually added to highlight specific details.
The recolored images show the Corona virus infecting infected airway cells.
Hair-like cilia appear on the surface of these cells in blue.
Cilia transmit mucus, which appears yellow, from the lung.
A higher magnification of the image shows the structure and density of the virus, in red.
Scientists believe that this severe infection of cells in the airway by "Covid 19" acts as a source for the spread of infection to other organs throughout the body, as well as to uninfected individuals.
This high viral burden in the upper respiratory tract may also be responsible for the high rate of virus transmission.
From this perspective, the images confirm the definite need, indeed, to use masks to limit the spread of the Corona virus.
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