UK scientists find gene that doubles risk of COVID-19 death

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Gene linked to doubling risk of COVID-19 death found by UK scientists

British scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risk of dying from COVID-19, providing new insights into why some people are more susceptible to the disease than others, while opening up possibilities for targeted medicine.

The scientists found that the increased risk is not because of a difference in genetic coding of the proteins, but because of differences in the DNA that makes a kind of"switch" to turn a gene on.

 

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那麽印尼呢?印尼人是不是南亞人?

我老早就說了新冠疫苗跟我們的基因有關係的,可是我被人家嘲笑!說我是井底娃?

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