Poverty: : not a crime, but in our DNA

• Localización: Foreign Policy, ISSN-e 1945-2276, Nº. 206, 2014, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article reports on a study by scientist Daniel Notterman and colleagues at Penn State University which suggests that physiological stresses linked to poverty and instability may affect children's DNA and future health. According to the study, children who grew up in underprivileged settings were found to have damage to their telomeres, which are DNA sequences protecting chromosomes. Damage to telomeres is associated with aging, degenerative diseases, and cancer.