Stressed parents passing on damaging DNA to children

Stressed-out parents to be could be passing on damaged DNA to their children and increasing their risk of dying at an earlier age, researchers suspect.

A £1.8 million study has been launched by scientists at Glasgow University to find out what effect stress has on the genetic make-up of the human body and whether any changes are then inherited by offspring. The study, backed by a European Research Council grant, will focus on the role of telomeres, structures that act as a protective shield for chromosomes — via redwolf.newsvine.com