Looking for people who are immune to Covid-19, this is the reason the researchers

JAKARTA – 99.9 percent of human genetics are identical to each other. However, keep in mind that 0.1 percent or more of these genes have differences with other individuals.

These differences can affect many things, one of which is resistance or susceptibility to diseases such as HIV.

Certain small changes in the genetic code can greatly affect this. The more we know about this particular gene, the better. This condition makes it possible to create drugs that can mimic genetic differences.

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With that in mind, Immunologist from the Athens Academy, Evangelos Andreakos said that researchers are looking for people around the world who may be immune to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Later, the gene could hold the key to potentially treating Covid-19.

“The introduction of SARS-CoV-2 into populations, on a global scale, has provided yet another demonstration of the tremendous clinical variability between individuals in the course of infection. From asymptomatic infection to life-threatening illness,” said Evangelos, summarizing from Science Alert, Wednesday (20/10/2021).

Understanding of the life-threatening pathophysiology of Covid-19 has advanced rapidly since the disease was first discovered in December 2019. But researchers still know little about the human genetic and immunological basis of innate resistance to SARS-CoV-2.

While there may not be much information about this innate resistance right now, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. The researchers noted that there were several cases of one of the household members being spared from Covid-19. There is also someone who is immune despite being in a high-risk environment.

There have also been some serious studies in this regard, but so far the results have revealed only minor differences. An example is a study last year which stated that blood type O appears to show little resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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