Neanderthal DNA a *Risk Factor* for Severe COVID [NEW RESEARCH]

This week; I want to talk about a recently published paper in Nature where two great scientists were able to identify six genes located on Chromosome 3 that correlated with the severe form of COVID (the kind that gets people hospitalised). What's more the scientists are pretty sure (through Genome Wide Association Studies aka "GWAS") that we got those genes through interbreeding cycles with our Neanderthal cousins; ALMOST 50,000 YEARS AGO. Sounds cool (and maybe a little tiny bit disgusting), right? Well.. in this week's video I'll tell you all about Neanderthals and Neanderthal genes, how GWAS work and how these Neanderthal genes got into our DNA; as well as some diseases we can blame our Neanderthal cousins for. Happy Viewing! Social Media Accounts   / neurontheorymd     / neurontheorymd     / neurontheorymd   REFERENCES https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://jbiolres.biomedcentral.com/ar... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi... https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... ... Chapters 0:00 The Neanderthal Inside of YOU.. 2:39 Welcome to DTMW & Subscribe?? 3:23 Neanderthals & How their Genes Got into our DNA.. 4:53 GWAS Explained. 6:38 Real World Repercussions.. 8:28 Outro & Subscribe?? #Neanderthals #COVID #NeanderthalGenes #Genomics