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Michigan DNA DayApril 25th, 2020

5 months to go.

During the 2018 Giving Blueday campaign 27 supporters donated $1,045 to help us reach more high school classrooms during DNA Day 2019! Thank you to each of our donors! Learn more at https://midnaday.com/2019/05/15/giving-blueday-2018/

Although #DNADay19 is coming to an end, our ambassadors will still be visiting classrooms and we'll be featuring them here! If you weren't able to serve as an ambassador this year, you can still make an impact on students by making a donation at victors.us/dnaday2019

Happy DNA Day! #DNADay19

In this lesson students will learn about epigenetics, or how the features of a person (phenotype) might be different even if their genome (genotype) is identical. Students will be presented with both mechanisms and real-world examples of epigenetics. Hands-on activities include following a set of twins through various life decisions and seeing how their phenotypes might differ from each other over time. See the full lesson on our website.

Students will learn basic concepts in microbiology and immunology, including the difference between bacteria and viruses, and why treatments (such as antibiotics) work on one type of microbes, but not the other. Students will also learn about the immune system and be able to explain how vaccines work. Hands-on activities include an exercise to demonstrate how antibiotic resistance evolves. Extended topics for longer or advanced classes include cancer immunology, neuroinflammation, epidemiology, and microbes in the environment. See the full lesson on our website.

In our Pharmacogenomics lesson students will learn about the concept of “personalized” medicine, like how differences in our genes affect whether a drug treatment will be successful or have serious side effects, and how we can use this information to customize treatments for individual patients. Students will participate in a hands-on activity to further demonstrate how subtle differences affect a patient’s response to medication. See the full lesson on our website!

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