In an April 8 MedPage Today article, Mark Zucker, MD, asked the question as to why there is differential susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. In other words, why do some people become severely ill ...
A young woman treated for suspected methaemoglobinaemia instead experiences worsening haemolysis that reveals a previously ...
A: G6PD deficiency is a very common inherited condition, affecting over 400 million people worldwide. It is more prevalent in those of African, Asian or Mediterranean decent; this could be because ...
A case-control study in two populations in Mali, West Africa has shown that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is associated with significant protection against severe, ...
The prevalence of G6PD deficiency differs among ethnic groups. For instance, males of African and Mediterranean descent more frequently express the trait. Two types of mutations are commonly found in ...
A woman eagerly awaiting the sound of her baby’s heartbeat was met with the news she had quietly feared, in a moment that has since drawn 1.4 million views on TikTok. Last month, 35-year-old Nika Diwa ...
A team from the University of Valencia, the La Fe Hospital Health Research Institute, and the INCLIVA Institute have participated in the identification of an enzyme (G6PD) as a possible therapeutic ...
This news post is no longer up to date. For a look at our more recent work on this area, please read our report Pathogen genomics into practice. The most common known enzyme defect in humans is ...
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