Research Class (ID)

In my research class I am working along side Andromeda and Sucorah on a project, and the topic of our research is drugs and genetics. We really wanted to do a project that involved drugs, and so when we came across this project on http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ we knew we had to do it. We are going to test what in someone's DNA causes them to have a bad reaction to a specific drug. For this project we are using my cousins DNA, because she has a bad reaction to the drug ibuprofen, as well as my DNA because I have a good reaction to ibuprofen. We are going to send the DNA to the lab and they are going to compare our DNA and see if there is a mutation in her DNA that is causing her to have a negative reaction to ibuprofen. So far we've done a lot of background research and I'm actually really excited for this project. Even though I'm not looking to major in any of  the sciences I am still glad that we chose this topic. I can't wait to see where this project takes us.