WH Adviser Cites 'Dilbert' Cartoonist While Boosting Hydroxychloroquine

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7. They might need to do some checking

Scientists May Be Using the Wrong Cells to Study Covid-19

BY NOW THERE’S little doubt about hydroxychloroquine: It doesn’t work for treating Covid-19. But there’s a bigger, more important lesson hidden in the story of its failure—a rarely-mentioned, but altogether crucial, error baked into the early research. The scientists who ran the first, promising laboratory experiments on the drug had used the wrong kind of cells: Instead of testing its effects on human lung cells, they relied on a supply of mass-produced, standardized cells made from a monkey’s kidney. In the end, that poor decision made their findings more or less irrelevant to human health. Worse, it’s possible that further research into novel Covid-19 cures will end up being compromised by the same mistake.



https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-may-be-using-the-wrong-cells-to-study-covid-19/