Results

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...