Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab

Credit: Texas Biomed

Postdoctoral fellow Susanta Pahari, PhD, pivoted during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop the magic cocktail that generates the alveolar macrophage-like (AML) cells.

« Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab

Credit: Texas Biomed

The generated alveolar macrophage-like cells (left) closely resemble human alveolar macrophages collected through lung washes (right), without the time, expense and invasive collection procedure.

« Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab

Credit: Texas Biomed

An alveolar macrophage-like cell is seen in detail with transmission electron microscopy.

« Magic cocktail generates lung’s most critical immune cell in the lab

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