Scientists from UK and US universities hope their research will lead to new ideas on how to treat coronavirus.
It is hoped that discovering why that is the case will lead to new ideas for treatments.
"It's also important because it shows again that increasing disease risks that appear inevitable with ageing might actually be due to specific biological differences, which could help us understand why some people stay active to age 100 and beyond, while others become disabled and die in their sixties."
"This study suggests that this high risk may not simply be due to the effects of dementia, advancing age or frailty, or exposure to the virus in care homes."
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