{"id":277,"date":"2022-02-10T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/?post_type=exhibit1&#038;p=277"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:33:32","slug":"bats-rabies-and-covid-19-can-we-stop-animal-borne-diseases","status":"publish","type":"exhibit1","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/exhibitions\/bats-rabies-and-covid-19-can-we-stop-animal-borne-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats, Rabies and COVID-19: Can we stop animal-borne diseases?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meet Dr Daniel Streicker, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Biodiversity Animal Health &amp; Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow. He shows us how we can vaccinate bats against known viruses, using the animals\u2019 behaviour to spread the vaccine. 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