Rare Neanderthal Genes Linked to Severe COVID-19 in Humans | Weather.com

People who suffered severe COVID-19 infections are more likely to possess a set of genes they inherited from Neanderthals, a new Italian study showed. Italy was among of the severely affected countries during the early days of the pandemic. This prompted researchers from the country’s Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research to analyse the relationship between genetic factors and the severity of the COVID-19 disease in the province of Bergamo, the epicentre of the pandemic in the country. Their study, …