In a news release from Duke University today we find out that both nature and nurture -- genetic makeup and the environment experienced through life -- combine to influence health and well-being, Duke University Medical Center researchers and their colleagues have determined in four new studies. The researchers showed that people's genes play a key role in how they respond both biologically and psychologically to stress in their environment.
It is probably time that more emphasis in, and knowledge of, genetics was provided to public health policy makers.
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