Research continues on the Corona virus, which has occupied and continues to occupy the world. In a new medicine, the discovery of a new gene reduces the risk of death when infected with the Corona virus. What came in the study? The answer is in the following lines:
Researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany were able to discover a specific type of gene that reduces the risk of death when infected with the Corona virus by 35 percent.
On August 1, 2022, the university issued a statement saying that the study included examining disease paths in 1,570 patients, whose test results for the detection of corona were positive between March 11, 2020 and June 30, 2021. While the results of the new study were published in the scientific journal “Frontiers in Genetics.” “.
Genotype present in 10% of the population
The study showed that this genotype, called GNP3TT, is present in about 10% of the European population.
And “GNP3″ is a gene that encodes an important functional subunit of the so-called G protein, which is involved in many processes in the body. Immunological,” said study leader Berthe Molendick, who works at the Institute of Pharmacogenetics.
And the team leader continued, noting that the early immune response plays an important role in the course of Covid 19 disease: “So we looked in this study on the one hand, whether patients with different paths of disease risk have different immune responses, and whether the type of gene in GNP3 responsible for that.”
Corona infection will not lead to death in those who have a certain gene
And “we were able to observe that young age and the absence of diseases such as diabetes and circulatory diseases reduce the risk of death from infection with SARS-Covid-2 by half.”
The results of the study showed that the development of the disease was slight for 205 of the participants, or 13%, while 760 patients, or about 48%, were admitted to the hospital, and 292 patients, or about 19%, needed treatment in intensive care. While infection with corona led to the death of 313 people, or about 20% of the participants.
“We were able to show that the cells of people with the GNP-3 TT genotype had the strongest reaction to the Corona virus, and perhaps this explains the reason for the strong decrease in the risk of death for carriers of this gene,” Molendik confirmed.
Note: This study did not include the omicron mutant; It was over before he appeared.
