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| Tango01 | 29 Dec 2020 10:29 p.m. PST |
….coronavirus and increase COVID-19 severity
"If you become infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, you might wish there was a fast way to check your Neanderthal ancestry. A small but significant number of people have an ancient gene variant from the extinct hominin that may double, or even quadruple, their risk of serious complications from COVID-19.
The finding, posted last week as a preprint on bioRxiv, shines a light on an enzyme called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4). Scientists already know the protein allows another coronavirus, which causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS), to bind to and enter human cells. The new analysis, of DPP4 gene variants among COVID-19 patients, suggests the enzyme also provides SARS-CoV-2 with a second door into our cells, along with its usual infection route via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor on cell surfaces…"
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 ColCampbell  | 30 Dec 2020 7:52 a.m. PST |
So that's how the Neanderthal peoples died off -- they were infected with Covid-28,000BC.  Jim |
| Tango01 | 31 Dec 2020 1:16 p.m. PST |
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