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Understanding resistance to Covid-19 in bats

Gege Li

Oct 281 min read

Understanding resistance to Covid-19 in bats

US researchers have gained insights into how bats resist getting ill from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Bats can be...

Gege Li

Jan 23, 20231 min read

Insights from bat brain cells

A special group of neurons, identified in the brains of bats, appear to help the animals to distinguish both time and space, in relation...

Ana Barros

Jul 6, 20201 min read

Bat organoid research for Covid-19

A simplified version of a bat gut has been created by scientists at the University of Hong Kong, China, to study coronavirus. The team...

Ana Barros

May 26, 20201 min read

Animal studies and Covid-19 origins

Animal experiments, cell studies and computational models are being used by researchers around the world to find the origins of the...

Research in Germany uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19

Ana Barros

May 7, 20202 min read

Research in Germany uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19

The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...

Ana Barros

Apr 20, 20201 min read

New coronaviruses discovered in bats

Scientists studying viruses in wild animals have found six new coronaviruses in bats in southeast Asia. The team, from the Smithsonian...

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