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The reason why otherwise healthy Australians can suffer severe coronavirus symptoms – The New Daily
Some of the healthy Australians who develop serious coronavirus symptoms are missing a crucial set of genetic proteins which helps protect the body from viruses.
Some of the healthy Australians who develop the most serious coronavirus symptoms are missing a crucial set of proteins which helps protect the body from viruses, new groundbreaking research reveals.
And in about 10 per cent of these cases, the body is actively fighting with COVID-19 to help shut down those protections.
Patients who lack the type I interferon genetic mutation – a set of 13 proteins crucial for protecting cells from viruses – were more associated with severe infections, accordi…
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