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YEREVAN TO HOST 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMPACT OF GENOCIDES AND WARS ON GENETIC CHANGES
September 19, 2013 | 12:12
The first international conference on the impact of genocides and wars
on the genetic changes in the human body will kick off in Yerevan on
September 20.
The event will bring together prominent scientists from the U.S.,
Egypt, Romania, the Netherlands, Moldova, Switzerland, Germany,
Russia and Armenia.
The main topic of the conference is Stress and Related Behavioral
Disorder with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
the impact of genocides and wars.
The recent studies show that there is a genetic predisposition to
PTSD and that this predisposition may occur due to genetic mutations
caused by high stress. This means that the genocide and war affect
the lives of not only those who directly experienced the events,
but also future generations.
The two-day conference that will be held in Orbeli Institute of
Physiology is organized by International Stress and Behavior Society,
the Dutch Metris B.V. company, Institute of Experimental Medicine
at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Physiology
of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, with the support of
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
http://news.am/eng/news/171949.html
September 19, 2013 | 12:12
The first international conference on the impact of genocides and wars
on the genetic changes in the human body will kick off in Yerevan on
September 20.
The event will bring together prominent scientists from the U.S.,
Egypt, Romania, the Netherlands, Moldova, Switzerland, Germany,
Russia and Armenia.
The main topic of the conference is Stress and Related Behavioral
Disorder with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and
the impact of genocides and wars.
The recent studies show that there is a genetic predisposition to
PTSD and that this predisposition may occur due to genetic mutations
caused by high stress. This means that the genocide and war affect
the lives of not only those who directly experienced the events,
but also future generations.
The two-day conference that will be held in Orbeli Institute of
Physiology is organized by International Stress and Behavior Society,
the Dutch Metris B.V. company, Institute of Experimental Medicine
at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Physiology
of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, with the support of
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.
http://news.am/eng/news/171949.html