Can bats help humans survive the next pandemic?

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Can bats help humans survive the next pandemic?

The Conversation

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Scientists believe flight may influence bats' immune responses to coronaviruses, which cause fatal diseases such as SARS and MERS

Researchers Arinjay Banerjee and Karen Mossman are working to uncover adaptations in the bat immune system that allow them to survive infections which can kill people

Since coronaviruses similar to MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV have been detected in bats without symptoms, it follows that bats must employ a unique immune res