Re-creating live-animal markets in the lab lets researchers see how pathogens like coronavirus jump species
- Written by Richard Bowen, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Places where lots of animals come into contact can help pathogens move from species to species.Baloncici/iStock via Getty Images PlusNobody yet knows for sure the definitive origins of the newly recognized coronavirus now known as 2019-nCoV that’s currently spreading across the globe as a human respiratory pathogen. Early reports indicate...