#8 – Viral Resilience Uncovered: How Bats Protect Themselves from Infections?
Summary in seconds: exploring bats’ distinctive features, bats’ role as asymptomatic viral reservoirs, bats’ avoidance of viruses, revealing an antiviral protein in bat genes, and an ongoing 60-million-year arms race between bats and viruses. Ranked as the second most diverse and geographically widespread mammalian order, bats emerge as truly unusual creatures. Beyond their unique capability […]