NIH's Role In Sustaining the U.S. Economy 2021 Update Now Available
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UMR Urges House and Senate Leaders to Include NIH Funding in COVID Relief Package
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UMR releases new fact sheets on COVID-19 and biomedical research. Read
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See how UMR members are aiding in the fight against the coronavirus
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Genomic differences selected through evolution may offer clues as to why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely
A new study identifies dozens of genomic variants that may drive these hard-to-predict differences in clinical outcomes. According to work led by University of Pennsylvania scientists, genomic variants in four genes that are critical to SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the ACE2 gene, were targets of natural selection and associated with health conditions seen in COVID-19 patients.