LONDON: British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the ...
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19.
Scientists caution that their knowledge of the novel coronavirus, which emerged in China last year, is still modest though they say it is striking how it can be so deadly for some but so mild for others."We think that there will be clues in the genome that will help us understand how the disease is killing people," Kenneth Baillie, an intensive care doctor who is leading the study at the University of Edinburgh, told Reuters.
But comparing them can be tough. There are 4 million to 5 million differences between any two people so scientists need a big sample, Baillie said. Baillie will work with the intensive care units across the United Kingdom, Genomics England and a global genetics research consortium known as the Genetics of Susceptibility and Mortality in Critical Care, or GenOMICC.
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