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A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of viruses

Researchers found that vesper bats use two separate sets of genes to build antibodies ‪—‬ a rare evolutionary quirk that may give them different ways to fight infection.

LiveScience · Jul 30

New coronavirus discovered in China ‘only small step’ from infecting humans

HKU5 coronavirus detected in bats may spill over into people, study finds

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025

A new viral cousin of Covid-19 can resist vaccine immunity, study finds

A new study found that there are coronaviruses distantly related to SARS-CoV-2 that are resistant to our current vaccines and monoclonal antibody therapies.

Inverse · Sep 28, 2022

New Russian 'bat virus' could infect humans and resist Covid-19 vaccines, scientists warn

The virus, 'Khosta-2', is categorised as the same type of coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19

Wales Online · Sep 23, 2022