Diseases that run in families not all down to genes, study shows

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

Family history of disease may be as much the result of shared lifestyle and surroundings as inherited genes, research has shown. Factors that are common to the family environment -- such as shared living space and common eating habits -- can make a major contribution to a person's risk of disease, the study found.

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