2010 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2010. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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Can we mix animal DNA with human DNA? M.L + D.A P2      Phyllis Frosst, Ph.D.: I currently investigate genetic discrimination, direct to consumer marketing of genetic tests and pharmacogenomics. Well, we can mix peanut butter with jelly so we can really mix almost any two things together, but I think what you're asking is if you can combine DNA from two organisms and yield another organism, then the answer is that it's technically not an impossibility, but that whether it's something that we should do is a question for ethicists and society. East Haven High School in CT (10th grade student)

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