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Variation in Genes Associated With Viral Entry of SARS-CoV-2 Unlikely to Influence Morbidity – Technology Networks
To investigate clinical variability in SARS-CoV-2, a team of researchers surveyed publicly available databases of genomic variants and studied variants across multiple regional and ethnic groups in seven genes known to play roles in viral entry into host cell…
African Americans and Latinos in the United States and ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. They are more likely to develop severe symptoms and also show significantly higher mortality compared with other regional and ethnic groups.
To investigate if this disparity could be caused by genetic variation, a team of three researchers including Assistant Professor Ji-Won Lee of Hokkaido Universitys Graduate School of Dental Medicine surveyed publicly a…
