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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Why does DNA keep going and never end?      Amber Trivedi, M.S.: I am a cancer and reproductive genetic counselor. In addition to providing clinical care, I lead InformedDNA's programs to educate other health care providers, clients, and the lay population about the significance of clinical genetics. Although it is long, DNA does end. The average human DNA strand is 6 feet! And that is all packaged into the tiny nucleus of a single cell. Every cell contains DNA strands of that length! Palms Middle School in CA (7th grade student)

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