New research from, among others, Uppsala University shows how a mutation in the TRL7 gene increases the risk of the most severe type of covid-19 and other infectious diseases.

UNT was the first to report on it.

The gene TLR7

TLR7 is a gene that detects viruses and acts as a kind of receptor that activates the immune system.

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If you have a mutation on the gene, you therefore get a different and worse activation of the immune system.

The study is in an early stage, but Michael Hultström believes that these results show that mutation can increase sensitivity to other viral diseases as well.

Can you test if you yourself have the gene mutation?

Michael Hultström answers in the clip above.