Some people have never gotten COVID-19. An obscure gene may be why
A rapid nasal immune response associated with this gene’s activity may help ward off SARS-CoV-2
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People who have never had COVID-19 are the exception to the rule. Now a study that tried to intentionally infect people — and in some cases failed — may have found a genetic clue to that unusual resilience.
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