2008 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2008. 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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Do you consider Dolly the clone to be a success? I know she died early; is this a result of her being a clone?
     Heidi Parker, Ph.D.: Comparing the dog genome to the human genome in an effort to answer questions about disease in both dogs and humans. Yes, I think we have to consider her a success because she was the first large mammal cloned and information learned from even her short life has improved cloning efforts in other organisms.
St. Ignatius College Prep in IL (12th grade student)

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