May 2023: GenOMICC finds 49 genes associated with life-threatening Covid-19 and our latest discoveries are reported in Nature. We have previously shown that genetics can help us to choose which drugs might be effective in treating critically ill patients,... 17th May 2023
March 2022: The GenOMICC study has identified 16 new genes that might explain why some people progress to becoming critically ill with Covid-19, whilst others experience only mild illness or no symptoms at all. Examining the whole genome sequence for... 8th March 2022
March 2022: Within 5 months of the first patients with Covid in UK intensive care, we discovered that the activity of a gene, TYK2, was stongly associated with severe illness in COVID-19 patients. In August 2020, we asked a simple... 3rd March 2022
July 2021: The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (HGI) formed a global network of researchers to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity. We know the genetic make-up of an individual contributes to the susceptibility and... 1st July 2021
December 2020: Within 5 months of the first critically-ill cases in the UK, the GenOMICC study discovered 4 genes that make people susceptible to life-threatening COVID-19. The findings are reported in Nature. In some cases these lead us directly... 11th December 2020
