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Neanderthal heritage may be a risk factor for COVID-19 – The Science Board
A new study shows that a genetic risk factor inherited from Neanderthal heritage is associated with two times greater risk of serious disease and death from COV…
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 vary widely in severity, ranging from no or mild symptoms to rapid progression to respiratory failure. In the early days of the pandemic, it became apparent that advanced age was a major risk factor, along with several other co-morbidities.
However, none of these factors fully explained the full extent to which some individuals get sicker from COVID-19 than others. That led investigators to postulate that genetic risk factors play a role in the severity of th…
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