Bats Offer Clues To Treating COVID-19 (IMAGE)

University of Rochester

Bats Offer Clues To Treating COVID-19

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Bats--the only flying mammals--are highly mobile, constantly bringing new pathogens into their communities. According to University of Rochester biologists, that's one reason they have evolved to have immunity to so many viruses that plague humans, who have only recently (in evolutionary terms) come to be highly mobile and more likely to live in densely populated centers.

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