Why older people are more susceptible to severe Covid-19

-78 year old) males and found that the genes that give the body instructions to make these proteins were all significantly more active in cardiomyocytes from the older males.

This suggests that there is likely to be an increase in the corresponding proteins in aged cardiomyocytes.

"As we age, the cells of our heart muscles produce more of the proteins needed by the coronavirus to break into our cells," said Emma Robinson from Maastricht University and KU Leuven.

( With inputs from IANS )

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