Jun 17, 2012

DNA Modifications from pollution & environment change us as we age

Do we change or does our environment change us? Chemical influence may be more of the root cause of this data...
"As we age, the core of our biological being — the sequence of our DNA, which makes up our genes — remains the same. Yet recent research suggests that more subtle chemical changes to our DNA occur as we age. Now, a comparison of the DNA of a newborn baby with that of a centenarian shows that the scope of these changes can be dramatic, and they may help explain why our risk of cancer and other diseases increases as we get older."

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