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Extracting your own DNA
26 May 2011



Procedure:

1. Gargle with salt water for around a minute.

2. Spit the solution into a test tube.

3. Slowly pour detergent along the side of the test tube.

4. Wait for a minute or two for the detergent to settle at the bottom of the test tube.

5. Pour alcohol along the side of the test tube gently and wait for a while.

Observation:

1. Clumps of white started to form at the bottom of the test tube.

2. When alcohol was poured these white clumps started to rise to the top.

Conclusion:

1.The detergent captures the proteins and lipids of the cell membrane present in the solution that was spit into the test tube.

2.The alcohol is less dense than water and so the white clump that was seen at the bottom of the test tube started to rise into the alcohol layer. This white clump is the DNA.

What I did with my DNA
I believe that everything thats part of me is what gives me life. Thus even the loss of the smallest part of my body in a way kills me. I chose to smoke my DNA in order to send this message that even though the DNA is a microscopic part of my body it is equally as important as the rest of my body. Thus as I take a drag of the cigaret the DNA gets burnt and destroyed and at the same time the cigaret is harming me in its own way...



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