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 there a way you can combine two different DNA's to make one single DNA that has both traits?      Claire Anderson, B.A.: I am a first year genetic counseling graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University. There is not currently a way to combine two different DNA strands to make one single DNA strand that has both traits. However, genes can be inserted into vectors and transformed into a host cell. The host cell would then have the traits found in its original genome and that additional trait that was inserted via the vector. East Haven High School in CT (10th grade student)

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