Swiss biotech GeNeuro SA is to test its investigational lead asset temelimab in COVID-19 patients, encouraged by new data suggesting that infection could activate the pathogenic envelope protein of the human endogenous retrovirus W (HERV-W ENV).
It seems there is a genetic and/or epigenetic susceptibility to severe COVID-19 tied to activation of the pro-inflammatory HERV-W ENV...







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