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Scientists found a gene responsible for the severe course of covid. Genetic test on the way

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Published Jan. 13, 2022 17:05

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The genetic variant discovered by scientists from the Medical University of Bialystok, which doubles the risk of a severe course of COVID-19, is present in 14 percent. Poles. In Europe, this figure is on average 8-9%. - said prof. Marcin Moniuszko, the head of the project under which the Minister of Health was identified, believes that this partly explains the higher mortality in Poland due to COVID-19.

- It is an important day for the entire Polish science, but most of all a very important day for the medical care system and the health of Poles. We have managed to identify a very important risk element when it comes to falling ill with COVID-19, that is the risk element related to the genetic structure - emphasized Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski. The knowledge will be used to identify people who have a predisposition to severely undergo COVID-19. As he said, the consequence of the discovery of the gene will be the creation of a genetic test, which - like PCR - will allow to quickly identify whether the patient has this gene and whether it is at a higher risk. It is assumed that the test to assess...

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