USC scientists are testing out experimental COVID-19 treatments on human “mini-lungs” and lung models, grown in the laboratory using stem cells. With names such as organoids and lung-chips, these simplified, lung-like structures are critically useful for studying infection and for screening large numbers of drug-like molecules to identify promising leads.

To read more about these projects, including one from the Ichida Lab, visit https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-stem-cell-scientists-use-mini-lungs-and-lung-models-to-understand-covid-19/.