Bats could play vital role in preventing and treating cancer: ‘first step’ discovery

Rob Bailey-Millado
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:28:21 -0400

Bats get a deadly bad rap — but they could play a lifesaving role in cancer treatment, according to a “fascinating new study” that examines their remarkable immune systems. As documented in peer-reviewed research in Genome Biology and Evolution, published Thursday by Oxford University Press, scientists from New York hope that by better understanding the winged creatures’...