2009 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2009. 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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Can you tell us a little about the history of DNA Day and how/why it was started?      Sarah Harding, MPH: I guide NHGRI's community outreach efforts. I have master's degree in public health. Great question! National DNA Day started in 2003, with the completion of the Human Genome Project. This was the international effort to sequence the entire human genome and to identify all 20,000 genes. Yukon High School in OK (12th grade student)

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