Orphaned children exhibit genetic changes that require nurturing parents

Monday, December 5, 2011 - 13:32 in Psychology & Sociology

Children who experience the stress of separation at birth from biological parents and are brought up in orphanages undergo biological consequences such as changes in their genome functioning, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study.

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