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Some severe COVID-19 cases may be due to faulty genes, misguided antibodies, say scientists – Devdiscourse
In the case of some patients with severe COVID-19, they said the interferons could either be neutralised by the patients’ own antibodies, or may not be produced in insufficient amounts due to a faulty gene. They said the findings help explain why some people…
More than 10 per cent of young and healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies that attack not the virus, but the immune system itself, and another 3.5 per cent may carry a specific kind of genetic mutation, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Science, noted that both groups of patients lack type I interferon — a set of 17 proteins crucial for protecting cells and the body from viruses. These proteins, according to the researchers from the R…
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