2012 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2012. 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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Are cloned organs more advanced than normal human organs?      Laura Rodriguez, Ph.D.: I am the Director for the Office of Policy, Communications, and Education at NHGRI. I work to develop and implement policy for research initiatives at the NHGRI, design communication and outreach strategies to engage the public in genomic science, and prepare health care professionals for the integration of genomic medicine into clinical care.?I am particularly interested in the policy and ethics questions related to the inclusion of human research participants in genomics and genetics research and sharing human genomic data through broadly used research resources (e.g., databases). At this point we don't have the capability to generate cloned organs. It may be possible in the future through stem cell research and other technologies to create such organs. There will be many important questions to ask about "cloned" organs to help us learn how they function and age in our body, so we can answer your question when we get to that point. Palms Middle School in CA (7th grade student)

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