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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Is DNA fun to work with? If so, in what way?      Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.: I currently study developmental processes and their relation to human genetic disease. Working with DNA is fun because it allows us to ask interesting questions about biology. Alone DNA is kind of boring, a white stringy substance. When we manipulate it to do experiments, then it becomes very exciting (to a scientist at least). Brownsville Area High School in PA (9th grade student)

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