If you never got sick from Covid-19, thank your genes (Poll Inside)

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A cluster of new studies suggests some of the answers lie in our genes. Have you ever gotten sick from Covid-19? Let us know in our poll inside.

A girl, wearing a mask, in new York City in 2020. Why does one member of a household suffer a hacking cough but another not even a sniffle? — AFP

A team of researchers, led by the University of California, San Francisco’s Jill Hollenbach, found a clever way of getting around that problem by tapping into a group of people who had already given up their DNA: bone marrow donors. The researchers found that people who carried one copy of a version of a gene called HLA-B*15:01 were more than twice as likely to remain asymptomatic after being infected with Covid-19. And people who inherited two copies of the gene were eight times more likely to never suffer symptoms.

Another study, yet to be peer reviewed, offers genetic ties to the other end of the spectrum: when people suffer lingering symptoms.

 

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