The discovery of 1,000 genes linked to complications from "Corona"

Studies have shown that genes play an important role in determining complications when infected with the virus.

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A team of researchers from the United States and Britain discovered that there are certain genes in humans that cause serious complications when infected with the “Corona” virus.

It is known that age, body mass index, and previous health problems are all reasons that lead to a different response in humans when infected with the virus, but scientific studies have proven that genes also play an important role in determining the likelihood of complications when contracting the disease.

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Sheffield in Britain and Stanford in the United States, and published in the scientific journal "Cell System", aims to find out why some people develop serious complications or die when infected with the "Corona" virus, while others recover after showing symptoms. slight.

The research team used artificial intelligence techniques to identify more than 1,000 genes associated with the emergence of complications from the “Corona” virus in patients.

And the medical express website, which specializes in medicine, quoted Jonathan Cooper, a researcher in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Sheffield, as saying: “During the study, we discovered the genetic structure associated with infection with the Corona virus, and we found that there are more than 1,000 genes responsible for 75 % of genetic drivers that exacerbate the symptoms of the disease.

In the framework of the study, the researchers relied on a huge database that includes lung tissue from 19 different types, including epithelial cells that represent the first line of defense against respiratory infection, as well as tissues of patients with serious complications as a result of infection with the “Corona” virus, as the researchers studied. During the study, genetic mutations that can be a cause of serious complications of the disease.

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