{"id":163096,"date":"2022-01-19T20:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=163096"},"modified":"2022-01-19T20:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:32:33","slug":"neanderthal-inherited-gene-variant-helps-in-protecting-against-severe-covid-19-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neanderthal-inherited-gene-variant-helps-in-protecting-against-severe-covid-19-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Neanderthal-inherited gene variant helps in protecting against severe COVID-19: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A study was conducted to understand why Covid-19 has infected people differently \u2014 while some witness severe disease, others are impacted by milder symptoms. The study has found that a gene variant is what provides protection against severe disease.<\/p>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Who conducted the study?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u200b\u200bThe study was conducted by an international team of researchers. It also included the COVID-19 Hosts Genetics Initiative.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> COVID-19 Hosts Genetics is a Global Initiative that brings together the human genetics community to generate, share, and analyze data to learn the genetic determinants of COVID-19 susceptibility, severity and outcomes.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What are the key findings of the study?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The study has found that a gene variant named Neanderthal-derived haplotype provides protection against severe disease. This is a group of DNA variants that are inherited together because they are similar in nature.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It confers approximately 23% reduced risk of becoming critically ill on infection with SARS-CoV-2. This gene protects by alerting the body to produce proteins that would help break down the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Further, the study has also revealed that 80% of those with African ancestry had this protective gene.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hence, these findings have the potential to advance treatment for COVID-19, giving way to a more targeted response.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u2018<strong>Neanderthal-inherited gene variant helps in protecting against severe COVID-19: Study<\/strong> \u2019 published in <strong>Down To Earth<\/strong> on <strong>19th January 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? A study was conducted to understand why Covid-19 has infected people differently \u2014 while some witness severe disease, others are impacted by milder symptoms. The study has found that a gene variant is what provides protection against severe disease. Who conducted the study? \u200b\u200bThe study was conducted by an international team&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neanderthal-inherited-gene-variant-helps-in-protecting-against-severe-covid-19-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Neanderthal-inherited gene variant helps in protecting against severe COVID-19: Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-163096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704894227},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}