CCC Mayor M Monzoor Alam distributing relief goods on behalf of Mostafa-Hakim Foundation among the fire victims at Agrabad area in the city yesterday.

13 Jun 2014, 12:00 am0

Five key genes linked to severe Covid-19 found, suggesting drug targets

Reuters, London :Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID-19, scientists said on Friday, in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people who risk getting critically ill with the pandemic disease.Researchers who studied the DNA of 2,700 COVID-19 patients in 208 intensive care units across Britain found that five genes involving in two molecular processes – antiviral immunity and lung inflammation – were central to many severe cases.“Our...

13 Dec 2020, 12:00 am