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The secret to longer life may be hidden in bat DNA
ScienceDailySaturday, September 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades.
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Long-lived bats appear to combine powerful immune defenses with unusual strategies for eliminating damaged cells, potentially helping them avoid cancer and disease for decades.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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