• Question: where do you get your DNA samples from?

    Asked by poisonghoul to Amelia on 15 Jun 2011.
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      Amelia Markey answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Good question.

      So for my work it doesn’t really matter what kind of DNA I use. I just want to copy and store it so I could use any DNA. One of the groups I work with does a bit of work on Neuroblastoma. This is a cancer of your nerves that is usually only seen in children. So we have a lot of these cells to study. I grow these cells in a special lab that is really clean. Then when I have enough of them I collect them, break them open by uing some chemicals and collect their DNA. I have a whole freezer full of this DNA!

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