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How chronic stress is harming our DNA. Elissa Epel is studying how personality, stress processes and environment affect our DNA â and how we might lessen damaging effects. Money problems, a heavy work load, caregiving â such increasingly common pressures have helped make stress a part of modern American life.
The rest of the DNA, between the genes, used to be called âjunkâ DNA. It wasnât thought to be important. But we now know that DNA between genes is important for regulating the genes and the genome. For example, it can switch genes on and off at the right time. There is still much more to learn about what it all does.