As researchers continue to study the Corona virus, in order to better understand and find a treatment for this epidemic, scientists have found Jenna It can reduce disease severity by 20%, which also explains why symptoms affect some people more strongly than others.
Researchers have discovered a gene that reduces the severity of corona infection by 20%, indicating that this will help in creating effective drugs once morest the virus.
They also confirmed that this gene explains why the symptoms of the disease vary greatly, as it affects some people more strongly than others, according to a study in Nature Genetics, and reported by the newspaper “Daily Mail”.
smash SARS
The study showed that the gene tells the body to make an effective protein to break down SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid 19.
Also, this gene is found in one out of every three people of white European descent, and in eight out of ten people from Africa, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
The gene determines the length of the OAS-1 protein and when it is longer, it is better at breaking down SARS-CoV-2.
genetic factors
“We are beginning to understand genetic risk factors in detail which is key to developing new drugs once morest COVID-19,” said study co-author Brent Richards, from McGill University.
And Polish scientists had discovered a gene that they say doubles the risk of developing severe symptoms of corona infection, which they hope will help doctors identify those most at risk in the event they contract the disease.
Researchers from Bialystok University found that the gene is the fourth most important factor in determining the severity of a person’s infection with corona, following age, weight and gender.
