
HealthApril 30, 2020
Do Your Genes Predispose You to COVID-19?
Individual differences in genetic makeup may explain our susceptibility to the new coronavirus and the severity of the disease it causes
Loïc Mangin is deputy editor in chief of Pour la Science's special editions, the magazine's Art & Science columnist and author of the Best of Bestioles blog. In France, he recently authored Pollock, Turner, Van Gogh, Vermeer ... et la Science (Pollock, Turner, Van Gogh, Vermeer ... and Science) and co-edited Tolkien et les Sciences (Tolkien and Science), which will soon appear in an English-language translation.

Do Your Genes Predispose You to COVID-19?
Individual differences in genetic makeup may explain our susceptibility to the new coronavirus and the severity of the disease it causes