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Gene offers some level of protection from severe Covid – News-Medical.Net
The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered.
The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered.
A scientific and medical team led by Newcastle University, UK, has demonstrated that the gene, HLA-DRB1*04:01, is found three times as often in people who are asymptomatic. This suggests that people with this gene have some level of protection from severe Covid.
The study, funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, compared asymptomatic people to patients from the same…
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