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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In the future, will we be able to fix disorders found in children before their birth?      Dawn Peck, M.S.: I have been the coordinator for Biochemical Genetics Clinic at the University of Missouri Health Care since 2000. My primary interests are newborn screening and public health genetics. This is a big area of research! There are some new therapies that are being developed that may be able to 'fix' DNA errors, such as gene therapy, or small-molecule drugs that can 'read through' stop codons in a gene. There are also some centers in the world that are able to perform fetal surgery for certain kinds of birth defects. East Haven High School in CT (10th grade student)

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