Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 27, 2024

Infection, immunity has a strong genetic component; individual genetic variants among population affect susceptibility, response to pathogens.

Scientists closing in on why some people never get COVID; could help w. future vaccines
A new study identified a specific gene in people who didn't get infected
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/never-covid-1.7248039

Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge uncovers local and systemic response dynamics
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x

#COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #genetics #GeneticVariation #immunity #HLADQA2

Scientists closing in on why some people never get COVID. That could help with future vaccines | CBC News

Scientists describe high activity of a specific gene in volunteers who didn't get infected when exposed to COVID-19 on purpose. They hope better understanding early immune responses could help develop nasal spray forms of vaccines for the coronavirus.

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On the same (general) topic: individual genetic susceptibility ...

Genes known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's may actually be an inherited form of the disorder, researchers say
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/genes-known-to-increase-the-risk-of-alzheimer-s-may-actually-be-an-inherited-form-of-the-disorder-researchers-say-1.6943195
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/alzheimers-cause-gene-apoe4.html

APOE4 homozygosity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02931-w

#Alzheimers #APOE4 #genetics

Genes known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s may actually be an inherited form of the disorder, researchers say

Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia.

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Jun 27, 2024 at 2:55pmWeb