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Your quote is wrong. From the first paragraph, the sentence immediately following your quote: "the region on chromosome 3 is the only region that is significant
by attractivechaos 6y ago
Your quote is wrong. From the first paragraph, the sentence immediately following your quote: "the region on chromosome 3 is the only region that is significantly associated with severe COVID-19 at the genome-wide level". The chr9 region is not associated.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoThe quote was grabbed because it said what that gene was associated with -- blood groups -- and the disease is known to impact blood. I am not finding anything in the article that explains what chromosome 3 does. If anyone can cast some light on what chromosome 3 does, that would be cool. (Maybe it's in the article and bad eyesight plus lack of sleep is causing me to miss it?) My main point was just: What do these genes actually do in the body? We should be looking at that. It's a much more important question than where these genes come from.
- attractivechaos 6y ago> The quote was grabbed because it said what that gene was associated with -- blood groups -- and the disease is known to impact blood. The sentence following your quote says a new study suggests genes determining blood groups are NOT associated with COVID severity. If you want to criticize the paper, at least quote something that the paper actually supports. As to your main point, others are working on the functional part. The authors just report a finding with their expertise. Not every scientific paper immediately solves a practical problem.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoMy intent was not to criticize the paper per se. And I focused on the thing I felt was relevant to my point, which I have already clarified.
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