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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What is an example of a medicine that was discovered using combinatorial chemistry besides asprin?
     Tiffany Lepard, M.S.: Tiffany Lepard, M.S. has entered the chatroom. She is a pediatric genetic counselor. As you know, combinatorial chemistry has had a big impact on the pharmaceutical industry. Nearly every pharmaceutical company takes advantage of this for a large number of medications. Combinatorial chemistry has many other uses. For example, it has been used to make materials, such as metals, and for chemicals.
Roosevelt High School in WA (12th grade student)

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