https://freerepublic.com/tag/ifitm3/ en-us Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:57:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983144/posts People with one form of IFITM3 more likely to develop pneumonia Chinese people carrying a particular version of an immune system gene are up to six times more likely to develop severe influenza than those lacking the variant. In a previous study involving mostly people of European descent, scientists found that a few individuals carried a particular form of a gene known as IFITM3 and got hit especially hard by the flu. In China, the variant is much more common... Science News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983144/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:57:18 GMT