2011 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2011. 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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I once read a book called "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. The book focused on a girl with cancer, and her parents created a "designer" child, making all of the girl's traits the exact same in her sister's, so that when her sister needed a transplant, transfusion, or whatever was needed, they could use the sister. Have you ever heard of something like this? Is it even possible?
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