Tag: SES

  • Poverty can leave a mark on our DNA

    Poverty can leave a mark on our DNA

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    A team at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, have announced that experience of poverty can leave a mark on a person’s DNA, specifically in the epigenetics of their genome. Poverty, discussed here as a low socioeconomic status (SES), has long been associated with poor health and reduced life expectancy. This has been used in practice, with…