extracting my own DNA at home

i managed to extract my DNA with household equipment - and then i put it under the microscope for a closer look. :-)
unlike most of my other experiments, this one is completely safe and easy to repeat at home for everybody!

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[samljer]

Seen this same thing, but the guy used strawberry juice and extracted DNA from a berry. I guess u can use almost anything :D

[bionerd23]

@samljer

well, any living thing has DNA. :)

no matter if a plant / fruit, a puddle of bacteria, some yucky fungus growing on your bread, a pig, or a human. but meat / muscle cells are much harder to break up than plant cells, so you'd have a harder time extracting cow DNA from a steak than e.g. extracting DNA from the salad sidedish. :P

[QuinnMorgendorffer]

Hey Bionerd23, another brilliant video. I was just wondering is there anything else you can use other than Isopropanol? I'm by no means a biologist but I figured you use it as it wouldn't harm the DNA and it is less dense than the salt solution - so would I be able to use methanol or ethanol to do the same job?

I tried looking for Isopropanol at the chemist but they only sold huge bottles which is why I ask.

[bionerd23]

@QuinnMorgendorffer

hmmm. i'm not a chemist, but i'd expect that ethanol and methanol could work as well... if google doesnt know, there's one way to find out: try it! :P

by the way, cant you get isopropanol at household stores, doesnt e.g. rubbing alcohol contain that?

[ClimateScam]

I've been extracting my own DNA at home since the age of 12, if ya know what I mean ;)

[swadow54]

amazing now u will be able to make yer own clone troopers :o

[2t22tornadosiren]

@ClimateScam If you can ejaculate at 12 years old, you have early puberty.

[juanrojas26]

AAAAHHHH!!!!!! no shots



[st3v33100]

Thank you !!

[st3v33100]

@Lvent2101 ,Well, i think you should practice to see blood. Good luck!

[Lvent2101]

i love biology but i cant take it see blood damn !

[seunketchup88]

You could see the twisted *SUPER MARIO THEME* GODDAMNITT!! I lold.

[vOuijaa]

I don't have dna, I'm a robot

[sundaypiglet]

Does ispropanol work on RNA?

[brenton015]

LOl i love it when you phone rings god damit