U of T News October 26, 2023 Research & Innovation Why is COVID-19 more severe in some people? Researchers use genetics, data science to find out U of T News October 26, 2023 Research & Innovation With the help of U of T's Data Sciences Institute, researchers from the university and partner hospitals gathered more than 11,000 full genome sequences from across Canada to help us understand why some people react more severely to COVID-19.