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Gene That Naturally Protects People Against Covid Discovered
Publicado em 23 de novembro de 2022
Sao Paulo, Nov 22 (IANS) A team of Brazilian researchers has discovered that a gene can protect people, even those aged 90 and above, from the deadly Covid disease.
Two research papers found that the frequency of variants of the gene 'MUC22' was twice as high in the mild Covid-19 group as in severe patients, and higher still in resilient super-agers.
This gene belongs to the "mucin" family and is associated with the production of mucus, which lubricates and protects the [...]
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Covid virus alters RNA in infected cells, shows study
Publicado em 10 novembro 2022For the first time, scientists have shown that infection by Covid virus changes the functioning of host cell RNA, providing clues as to how different variants can escape the immune system, and serve as a basis for the development of novel treatments. Researchers at the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil arrived at this conclusion by analyzing 13 datasets obtained during four studies of viral, human, and animal cell RNA. The study, published in Frontiers in [...]ver notícia