Tag: HLA antigen

Gene Mutation May Explain Why Some Don’t Get Sick from COVID-19

sarah JonasResearch Results

People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms – the so-called super dodgers – may have a genetic ace up their sleeve. They’re more than twice as likely as those who become symptomatic to carry a specific gene variation that helps them obliterate the virus, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers.