2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2005. 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 any part of your body that cannot be examined for DNA?
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Bob Nussbaum, M.D.: Your mature red blood cells and the cells of the lens of the eye do not have DNA - all the rest of the cells of the body contain DNA. |
| Kiran Belani, Montgomery Blair High School |
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