TY - JOUR KW - biomaterials KW - Pharmacology KW - Preclinical research AU - Partho Protim Adhikary AU - Qurrat Ul Ain AU - Andreas Christian Hocke AU - Sarah Hedtrich AB - Scientists worldwide struggle to identify suitable animal models to study SARS-CoV-2 infections. Interspecies-related differences, such as host specificity, divergent immune responses, or the unavailability of species-specific reagents hamper the research. Human-based models, such as micro-engineered multi-organs-on-chip, may hold the solution. BT - Nature Reviews Materials DA - 2021-05 DO - 10.1038/s41578-021-00305-z IS - 5 LA - en N2 - Scientists worldwide struggle to identify suitable animal models to study SARS-CoV-2 infections. Interspecies-related differences, such as host specificity, divergent immune responses, or the unavailability of species-specific reagents hamper the research. Human-based models, such as micro-engineered multi-organs-on-chip, may hold the solution. PY - 2021 SP - 374 EP - 376 T2 - Nature Reviews Materials TI - COVID-19 highlights the model dilemma in biomedical research UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-021-00305-z VL - 6 Y2 - 2023-08-09 SN - 2058-8437 ER -