People who have a flawed gene linked to Alzheimer's disease may face a higher risk of COVID-19, according to an international team of researchers.
The APOE e4e4 gene variant is known to increase Alzheimer's risk up to 14 times. It also increasesMedical school researchers at the University of Exeter in England and the University of Connecticut analyzed data from more than 382,000 people of European ancestry.
"This is an exciting result because we might now be able to pinpoint how this faulty gene causes vulnerability to COVID-19. This could lead to new ideas for treatments," said study co-author Chia-Ling Kuo, an assistant professor of public health sciences at the University of Connecticut. Kuo said that the findings also show that the increasing disease risks that appear inevitable with aging might be due to specific biological differences. She said that could help researchers understand"why some people stay active to age 100 and beyond, while others become disabled and die in their 60s."
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