By Marian Turner of Nature magazine

A long-term study of children from Romanian orphanages suggests that the effects of childhood stress could be visible in their DNA as they grow up.

Children who spent their early years in state-run Romanian orphanages have shorter telomeres than children who grew up in foster care, according to a study published today in Molecular Psychiatry . [More]



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Source: Childhood Stress Shortens Telomeres, Affecting Future Health



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