Prognosis
Covid-19’s Genetic Flashpoints Identified in Giant Global Study
- DNA of 50,000 virus patients and two million uninfected probed
- Results could aid development of therapies moving forward
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Throughout the pandemic, one crucial question has perplexed scientists worldwide: Why do some people become so sick from Covid-19 while others show no symptoms at all?
Now, a peek deep into the human genome by a global initiative with more than 3,000 researchers from 25 countries is providing some answers. There are 13 locations in the genome strongly linked to either susceptibility to the virus or severe cases, the researchers reported Thursday in the journal Nature.