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New Research Reveals That Your Friends’ Genes Could Impact Your Future


A Rutgers study reveals that peer social genetic effects—the impact of a social partner's genotype on another's observable traits—can affect the risk of developing addiction and psychiatric disorders later in life. Mom always said, “Choose your friends wisely.” Now a study led by a Rutgers Health p

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