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By: Sattwik Biswal SCIENTISTS at the University of Oxford have identified a gene that may double the risk of lung failure and death from Covid-19, and could explain why people of south Asian origin have a higher risk of severe disease. The LZTFL1 gene changes the way the lungs respond to viral infection, and is the most important genetic risk factor identified so far, researchers said. They noted that the gene version is carried by nearly 60 per cent of people with south Asian background, compared to 15 per cent of those with European lineage. The finding, published in the...
