Could bats be the key to a healthy old age?
Bram Stoker was right about one thing when he made the fictional link between vampires and bats.
Emma Teeling is a geneticist who studies bats’ exceptional longevity in hopes of finding benefits for humans.
Researchers from University College Dublin and Bretagne Vivante study bats in rural schools and churches in Brittany (west France) in collaboration with the charity.
Source:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-secret-healthy-ageing.html
