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By Graham Lawton There is some evidence that a person’s blood type may influence their chance of getting covid-19SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images You may have heard that your blood type can protect you against catching covid-19, or make you more vulnerable. The science suggests that it can do both, a bit, but researchers say that…

Share on PinterestNew research explores how metabolic memory may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes complications.In 2016, around 1.3 million adults in the United States, about 0.55% of the adult population, had type 1 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Early in the course of the disease, the immune system…

(Chompoo Suriyo/Shutterstock) A blood test has been shown to detect five types of cancer years before the diseases could be spotted using conventional diagnostic methods, according to a study published Tuesday. Developed by a Sino-US startup, the test found cancers in 91 percent of people who showed no symptoms when the blood sample was collected…

Blood vials. Photo: Getty Images/Science Photo Library As scientists around the world have raced to understand COVID-19, the general public has been inundated with a flurry of early studies and ensuing recommendations, some of which have been contradictory, leaving us with “coronavirus whiplash.” A recent source of confusion has been the relationship between the coronavirus…

In the ongoing mission to understand why some people are more impacted by COVID-19 than others, in the past six months researchers have learned that blood type plays a major role. Several studies have found links between specific blood types and not only the likelihood of contracting the virus, but also risk of death. Now,…