Smoking leaves ‘footprint’ in DNA
Findings could provide researchers with potential targets for new therapies
September 25, 2016
Smoking leaves its “footprint” on the human genome in the form ofDNA methylation, a process that affects what genes are turned on, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, an American Heart Association journal.
The new findings could provide researchers with potential targets for new therapies.
“These results are important because methylation, as one of the mechanisms of the regulation of gene expression, affects… read more
