Poverty leaves its mark on DNA, researchers find

Friday, October 28, 2011 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

Adults who grew up in poverty show changes in the "programming" of their DNA, which may be linked to health problems such as obesity and autoimmune diseases, Canadian and British researchers have found.

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