Bat-inspired immunity lessons

Prof. Wang explores how bats are inspiring innovative approaches to human medicine. He explains how bats’ unique evolutionary adaptations, such as flight-induced stress, allow them to tolerate viral infections while controlling inflammation—insights that could revolutionize broad anti-inflammatory therapies. His lab has translated these findings into the development of a bat-inspired S2 molecule, which is now advancing toward human clinical trials.

Prof. Wang also discusses the next frontier in bat immunology: T cell responses. He shares how his team is collaborating with ProImmune to develop the tools needed to study T cell immunity in bats, potentially unlocking even deeper understanding of their remarkable immune system.