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Podcast Review: COVID In Your Genes – The risk factors
Appeared in BioNews 1095
Genomic sequencing has numerous applications, including determining genealogy, the presence or absence of common mutations in a couple who are considering becoming pregnant, and even the susceptibility of contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus which leads to COVID-19, and the severity of the subsequent disease.
The latter was the focus of a lively discussion in the Naked Scientists podcast series titled COVID In Your Genes – The risk factors . The discussion took place between Phil Sansom, the presenter, and Dr Nathaniel Pearson of the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative and New York Genome Centre.