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Men have high levels of enzyme key to Covid-19 infection, study finds

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This may explain why men are more vulnerable to the disease than women, European study says.

Men’s blood has higher levels than women’s of a key enzyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed on Monday - a finding which may help explain why men are more vulnerable to infection with Covid-19.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is found in the heart, kidneys and other organs. In Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it is thought to play a role in how the infection progresses into the lungs....

 

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