Smoking leaves ‘footprint’ in DNA

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"Smoking leaves its “footprint” on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation*, a process that affects what genes are turned on, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, an American Heart Association journal."

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