Red spots appear in the black-and-white image. Certain black-and-white substances that were actively moving are caught in the red spots and soon stop moving. Then the whole image turns red. In this video, the virus that causes the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19, Corona 19), indicated by red spots, was filmed killing bat brain cells in two days. It shows how the Corona 19 virus is secretly located near the cell and then invades the cell in an instant.
The New York Times introduced the winners of ‘Nikon Small World 2021’, a microscope photography exhibition on the 22nd (local time). The moment the Corona 19 virus infects the brain cells of a bat was captured by virus scientists at the Pasteur Institute in France, and was selected as the winner of the video contest.
The moment the Corona 19 virus infects the brain cells of bats. The red spot is the Corona 19 coronavirus, which penetrates and proliferates between the brain cells of the bat.
Videos were taken every 10 minutes for 48 hours. The red-spotted coronavirus roams among the brain cells of a bat, photographed as a gray blotch, looking for cells to dig. This is because viruses that cannot reproduce on their own must receive the help of host cells. The virus that succeeds in invading the cell fuses with the host cell and begins to multiply. The number increases and at some point, the cells burst and come out. Cells die as the entire mass ruptures.
Researcher Sophie Marie Iher said, “As in the video, the way the coronavirus works in human cells is the same. avoid,” he explained. Because of this, unlike bats, humans can suffer more cell damage when infected with the coronavirus. In addition, cells infected with the Corona 19 virus fuse with surrounding cells and disguise themselves as normal cells.
“It is important to go beyond the terminology explanation and provide people with these images to help them understand the complex process of how the COVID-19 virus penetrates cells and makes humans sick,” said Ihe.
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