Scientists discover why bats survive deadly viruses without getting sick

Image: Vesper bat – December 13, 2013. Image credit: AntanO via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo was cropped to fit). Article by Barri Bronston Tulane University. News-Medical – July 29, 2026. Research article: Science Advances.

It is a mystery that has puzzled scientists for years. How can the world’s only winged mammals carry viruses that cause severe disease while rarely becoming seriously ill themselves? Now researchers at Tulane University, with collaborators at Stanford University and the Centers for Disease Control, may have found a reason. In a study published in Science Advances, the research team found that the world’s largest family of bats has two distinct copies of the genes that produce antibodies […]

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