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Oct 29, 2020
New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Dementia and other cognitive disorders are likely to be risk factors for developing severe COVID-19, according to research from the University of Georgia. The findings highlight the need for special care for populations with these pre-existing conditions during the pandemic. The study was published online in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity. In the study, the researchers analysed data from nearly 1,000 diseases and two specific genes to compare the health profiles of COVID-19 patients with those testing negative, looking for commonalities in COVID-19 patients. The study relied on data from UK Biobank, a long-term study of more than 500,000 participants investigating the respective contributions of genetic predisposition and environmental exposure to the development of the disease. Beginning in March, the UK Biobank started to report the COVID-19 status of its participants. The team in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of genetics, led by assistant professor Kaixiong Ye and his postdoc, Jingqi Zhou, promptly connected the COVID-19 status to the electronic health data. "We took a hypothesis-free approach and the most statistically significant ones are the cognitive disorders and Type 2 diabetes," said Ye, the senior author of the study. "Right now, we do no know the mechanisms behind these associations, we only know these are more common in COVID-19 patients." Analysing the genetic factors that make some individuals at higher risk for severe COVID-19, the team focused on two genes: ACE2 and TPMPRSS2, known to be critical for the virus to...
After Delhi’s ‘baba ka dhaba’, helps pour in for elderly man selling medicinal plants on roadside
Oct 28, 2020
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (ANI): A picture made a drastic change in the life of Revanna Siddappa, a 79-year-old elderly man used to sell medicinal saplings on...
COVID-19 update: Delhi reports more than 5,500 fresh cases
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Delhi reported 5,673 fresh positive cases and 40 deaths on Oct 28. The total case tally stands at 3,70,014 including 29,378...
2 sand boa snakes recovered in Pune
Pune (Maharashtra), Oct 28 (ANI): Pune city police recovered two sand boa snakes and one person is arrested in the matter. The accused is arrested from...
Bihar polls: 93 cases registered for violation of COVID-19 guidelines, informs ADG
Patna (Bihar), Oct 28 (ANI): Bihar went under first phase of polling on October 28. The voter turnout in the first phase of the Bihar polls...
Bihar polls: 52.24% voter turnout recorded in phase 1 till 5 pm
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on October 28 informed about the voter turnout in the first phase of the Bihar polls....
EAM Jaishankar attends 2nd meeting of India-Central Asia Dialogue 2020
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar attended 2nd meeting of India-Central Asia Dialogue 2020 on October 28 via video-conferencing. Jaishankar said,...
PFWS president Pratima Shrivastava inaugurates Candle Production Unit at Delhi's New Police Lines
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Police Families Welfare Society, president Pratima Shrivastava inaugurated the Candle Production Unit and Skill Centre at New Police Lines Kingsway...
Former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi casts his vote in Gaya
Gaya (Bihar), Oct 28 (ANI): Former chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi cast his vote at a polling booth in Gaya during the first phase...
Bihar elections: ‘What will happen to COVID funds if they win,’ PM Modi targets opposition
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Oct 28 (ANI): As first phase of Bihar elections is underway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Muzaffarpur. He said, “You...
Everyone is free to join any party: Sachin Pilot on Scindia being termed as 'gaddar'
Gwalior (MP), Oct 28 (ANI): Congress leader Sachin Pilot on being asked about his party leaders terming Jyotiraditya Scindia as 'gaddar' said that public will ultimately...
‘I have chosen path of public service not of politics,’ says Scindia
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): During an interview with ANI, BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia said he has chosen the way of public service and not of politics....
‘Kamal Nath-led govt was of corruption’: BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): As the by-elections in 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh approaches, BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia targeted Kamal Nath. “It was a...
