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Medical Geneticst
What is this?
 Tiny ladder?
 Spring from a pogo stick?
 Fancy spaghetti?
 What about this?
 Did Ellie sneeze into a
tube?
What is DNA?
 DNA stands for
deoxyribonucleic acid
 DNA is our body’s
instruction manual that tells
us how to grow and
develop.
 DNA is made up of letters
 G, C, T, A
 Almost every cell in your
body has DNA.
DNA
 Long stretches of DNA
make up genes.
 Genes make different
things for our body.
 They are packaged up into
chromosomes
 Chromosomes are like a
big recipe box for our
bodies and DNA is the
recipe!
A DNA spelling test?
 There are 3 billion letters in
our DNA.
 We have spell checkers
that make sure we don’t
make too many mistakes…
 But sometimes mistakes
happen and that can be
good or bad.
My jobjob Medical Geneticist
 I am a doctor that
specializes in people who
have problems in their
DNA.
 I try to solve the mystery of
what is wrong with them by
looking at their DNA.
 Knowing something is
wrong with their DNA can
help them, their families
and their doctors take
better care of them.
My job- Medical Geneticist
 I love my job because I get
to help people of all ages.
 I get to teach patients,
their families and their
doctors about genetics.
 I can be a risk taker
because I get to do
research and discover new
things… even new genes!
Maybe I’ll find the gene for awesome
second grade teachers…