Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in veterans with Gulf War illness

“In blood tests, researchers observed more lesions and more mitochondrial DNA—that is, extra copies of genes—in veterans with Gulf War illness, relative to controls without the illness, suggesting excess DNA damage.”

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Chen, Y., Meyer, J. N., Hill, H. Z., Lange, G., Condon, M. R., Klein, J. C., … & Natelson, B. H. (2017). Role of mitochondrial DNA damage and dysfunction in veterans with Gulf War Illness. PLOS ONE, 12(9), e0184832. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184832