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Bats could help humans build immunity to deadly diseases: Aussie scientists

Australian scientists believe that bats could hold the key to developing immunity to lethal diseases, after it was discovered their immune systems were "on 24/7".

Unlike the human immune system, which only kicks in once the body has identified a virus is present, the bats are constantly protected from deadly diseases, despite often carrying up to 100 at a time.

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