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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485	Do drugs affect your DNA?      Amy Turriff, B.S.: I'm a second-year genetic counseling student in the Johns Hopkins/NHGRI training program. There are some drugs that do affect your DNA, such as chemotherapy drugs. Guymon High School in OK (9th grade student)

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