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Genetics Article http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/139938.php


 * Many scientists from the Mental Health University Institute and Mcgill University researched and found out that children who have been abused causes lifelong changes in the expression of their DNA and also in their brain. They found that the DNA of suicide victims who were abused rather than normal people. The change was in the DNA that controls the brain and the persons response to stress. This research was developed on February in Nature Neuroscience. Studies previously showed that people who were abused had a higher rate of suicide deaths.** **The study the researchers used samples from 36 brains: 12 came from suicide victims who had been abused as children, 12 came from suicide victims who had no such history, and 12 came from people who had died of other causes.

I think this was a good experiment because it will show people that they should not abuse their children or else the risk of suicide for the child will increase dramatically. Parents should make sure that their children do not get abused by other family members and even friends. I think abuse does have a major effect on a persons brain and the way that they react to problems in the world. Children should not accept abuse because the studies show that you can't help but react in a bad way because your brain is telling you what to do.**