New research suggests that many people are prone to suffer badly from the flu because of their genetic make-up. The study found that those who had a higher risk for developing flu-like symptoms were more likely than others to have mutations in genes associated with inflammation and inflammation.
New research suggests that many people are prone to suffer badly from the flu because of their genetic make-up. About one in 400 people carry the gene variant IFITM3 which causes the flu to be a more serious illness and testing people for the variant can help protect them.