Episode 314: When Bats Carry the Cure

from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Bats’ by Hussain Ahmed here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth

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This episode explores new research, which has found that vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming. If you want to find out more about the scientific study featured in this episode, or read any of the poems in full, then please visit the show notes at scipoetry.podbean.com.

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