People with common dementia-linked genetic mutation twice as likely to develop severe coronavirus infection, researchers say

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‘It shows again that increasing disease risks that appear inevitable with ageing might actually be due to specific biological differences’

Part of the increased risk effect may have been exposure to the high prevalence of the virus in care homes. However, the new study indicates that a genetic component may also be at play.

 

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