Title:
23andMe's Huge Covid-19 Study Draws Links Between the Virus and Our Genetics
Author:
Shelly Fan
Published:
SingularityHub, 4 May 2021
From the article:
Last spring, in a race against Covid-19, 23andMe launched an ambitious study to answer a question on everyone’s minds: who’s likely to get sick, or to get very sick?
And being 23andMe, they hunted for a genetic factor.
We got answers last week. People with the O blood type—something determined by a gene called ABO—are less likely to test positive for Covid-19. Another part of the genome, packed with genes related to the immune system and other biological processes, could be why some people end up on ventilators, whereas others barely catch a cough.