Smoking has a very broad, long-lasting impact on the human genome

Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 08:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Smoking leaves its "footprint" on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity, according to new research. Even after someone stops smoking, the effects of smoking remain in their DNA.

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