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Ask HN: Why does coronavirus not kill bats and can we use their antibodies?
- throwaway888abc 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvbyRdRRb7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvbyRdRRb7o
- poormystic 7y agoIt's a good question. Based purely on a guess, I'd say that human antibodies are constructed in such a way that other parts of the immune system do not destroy them - in other words our natural antibodies pass a "self or non-self" test. I don't know whether that applies to the immunoglobulins. But I think bat antibodies might make us very sick
- poormystic 7y agoAnd now I see from the fresh links that bats don't have the same kind of immune system as humans. Antibodies are not made by bats.
- billconan 7y agohttps://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/10/coronavirus-outbreak-raises-question-why-are-bat-viruses-so-deadly/ https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/10/coronavirus-outbreak-ra... https://www.sciencealert.com/deadly-viruses-always-seem-to-start-off-with-bats-here-s-why-they-re-patient-zero https://www.sciencealert.com/deadly-viruses-always-seem-to-s...
- Leftium 7y agoThis 12 minute video explained it pretty well: https://youtu.be/iJ2jDPgvbTY https://youtu.be/iJ2jDPgvbTY