2006 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2006. 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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How did you get involved with the Human Genome Project? What was your major in college? Was everyone involved a biology major?
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Alan Guttmacher, M.D.: I got involved by being a physician who was interested in how we might use the knowledge produced by the Human Genome Project to improve human health. My undergrad major was "Social Relations" - essentially, social psychology. The HGP was interesting in that not only biologists played a role, but also computational experts, mathematicians, ethicists, and many others... |
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