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A study has found that mutated genes inherited from Neanderthals doubled the risk of severe Covid
A study has found that mutated genes inherited from Neanderthals doubled the risk of severe Covid

Some ethnic groups are more at risk from Covid than others because of Neanderthal genes.

South Asians have been at greater risk of severe Covid even when taking into account deprivation, jobs and living conditions.

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany showed that the risk of severe Covid was doubled by genes from Neanderthals.

The variant must have been beneficial at one time in order for it to be passed on to the other people.

He found that they lower the risk of HIV by about 27 per cent and that they would also prevent other diseases that enter cells in the same way.

‘Genetic risk factor’

"This major genetic risk factor for Covid-19 is so common that I started wondering whether it might actually be good for something, such as providing protection against another infectious disease."

We don't know why it was beneficial 10,000 years ago. There are many genes involved in the immune system, so there are many plausible candidate genes.

If I were to guess, it would be smallpox. It enters cells with a drug. This is just speculation at this point.

Some people become seriously ill when they are exposed to coronaviruses, while others have only mild symptoms.

Genes play a role in the chances of getting a severe infection, as well as known risk factors such as advanced age and diabetes.

Researchers believe that the Neanderthal mutation may have happened thousands of years ago to protect against the deadly HIV, which has since been eradicated.

If a person contracts Covid-19, bad news because it offers protection against HIV, good news because it is a genetic variant.

The risk variant for Covid-19 provides protection against HIV. After the last ice age, there was protection against another disease.

The research was published in a journal.

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