- COVID-19 : A study of nearly 70,000 adults with COVID-19 found that individuals with certain genetic tweaks on chromosome 4 were 11 percent more likely to lose the ability to smell or taste than people without the changes, researchers report in Nature Genetics. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-coronavirus-smell-taste-gene-genetic 10 comments science
- A genetic analysis hints at why COVID-19 can mess with smell. A study of nearly 70,000 adults with COVID-19 found that individuals with certain genetic tweaks on chromosome 4 were 11 percent more likely to lose the ability to smell or taste than people without the changes. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-coronavirus-smell-taste-gene-genetic 47 comments science
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