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How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA

Epigenetics study finds that children born during the historic recession have markers of accelerated ageing later in life.
  1. Freda Kreier
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The worst recession in US history shaped how well people would age — before they were even born. Researchers have found1 that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939 and, at its height, saw about 25% of the US workforce unemployed, show signs of accelerated ageing.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03789-z

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