How bats tolerate viruses: study sheds light on one of nature’s biggest immune mysteries. Bats have 2 distinct copies of the genes that produce antibodies, the specialized proteins that help the immune system recognize and fight infections. Every other known mammal has only 1 such set.
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The Microbiologist
How bats tolerate viruses: study sheds light on one of nature’s ...
Researchers have found that the world's largest family of bats has two distinct copies of the genes that produce antibodies, the specialized proteins that help the immune system recognize and fight infections. Every other known mammal has only one such set.
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