Neanderthal gene probably caused up to a million Covid deaths - The Telegraph

The LZTFL1 gene, found in one in six Britons, has been shown to double a person’s risk of severe disease and death

His team believe that the Neanderthal gene changes how a cell behaves when the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor on a human cell. In most people, this leads to the cell then changing shape… [+2284 chars]

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