Searching for cures or treatments in animals for human disease has a long history. What makes bats stand out are their many superpowers, including harboring viruses without getting ill. Bats could ...

Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Bats are the hosts of multiple pathogens, but the microbial composition of their lung tissues remains unknown. This study investigates the ...

The ability of bats to withstand viral infections, resist cancer, and live long lives makes them an important animal to study to uncover novel pathways for human therapeutics. Bats have been maligned ...

Bats have a notorious reputation as disease-spreaders—these fuzzy, winged creatures are said to be the source of more viral threats than any other mammal on Earth. Bats have been pinpointed as the ...

Measures of metabolism and energy expenditure did not appear to be associated with brown adipose tissue activation in patients with emphysematous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

A study at McMaster University has found that brown adipose tissue (BAT) is less active in boys with obesity compared to boys with a normal body mass index (BMI). Senior author Katherine Morrison said ...