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 ...

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).

Research to utilize AgeX’s proprietary BAT cellular product candidate AgeX-BAT1. Loss of non-shivering thermogenic BAT, also known as brown or good fat, in humans with aging is associated with obesity ...

Randy Foo fills a pipette with orange juice from a bottle clearly labelled ‘For Bats ONLY’. He and his colleague Rommel Yroy are seated at a biological safety cabinet, wrapped in blue gowns and ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified bat coronaviruses (CoVs) that are closely related to the pathogen underlying the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Bat biologists like Bucknell University professors Ken Field ...

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 ...

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 Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Jessica Elbert, a boarded veterinary anatomic pathologist, diplomat of the American ...