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	Child Abuse May Leave a Lasting Mark on Victim's DNA

chestnut501

2-24-2009 8:15 AM

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Epigenetic Changes are Potentially Reversible

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2-24-2009 7:59 PM

Kelika

Damaging a person right down to their chromosomes. How awful!

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href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/tag/genetics/">genomes</A> that 
alter the way they respond to stress as adults</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/23/child-abuse-may-leave-a-lasting-mark-on-victims-dna/">Researchers say they detected changes, almost like genetic scars, to a region of 
the genome that either promotes or tamps down the expression of a certain gene 
involved in stress responses. This could help<FONT color=#1c39bb> explain why 
childhood abuse, such as sexual abuse or neglect, can cause depression, other 
mental health effects and suicide, and could some day lead to treatments to help 
victims overcome their abusive childhoods [<A 
href="http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38149520090222" 
target=_blank>Reuters</A>].</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/23/child-abuse-may-leave-a-lasting-mark-on-victims-dna/">The results are the latest exciting findings in the young field of epigenetics, 
the process by which environmental factors can alter the expression of genes. In 
epigenetic changes, the DNA sequence itself isn’t altered, but other mechanisms 
change certain genes’ activities. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/23/child-abuse-may-leave-a-lasting-mark-on-victims-dna/">The exciting thing about epigenetic alterations is that they are potentially 
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