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Survey
A survey was conducted during the annual technical festival of IIT Madras (Shaastra), where people were asked a few basic questions to ask their knowledge about diabetes. The results of the survey were compiled and we've come to the following conclusion:
With India having the highest number of diabetes patients in the world, we, the IIT Madras iGEM 2010
team conducted a survey to analyze the views of the people on Diabetes, Synthetic Biology and Artificial
Sweeteners. People are aware of the grim situation in the country with respect to Diabetes. About 65%
of the survey population thinks that Diabetes results in most number of deaths a year and 89% know for
a fact that Diabetes is not contagious. Insulin (78%) and sugar (48%) are the top 2 words associated by
this well informed survey population. The understanding of Insulin produced by the body to maintain
the blood sugar levels (blood glucose levels) of the body is crucial. It is a common myth that eating more
sugar will lead to diabetes.
Considering our survey population included students of the age group 18-22 it wasn’t astonishing
when 89% of them chose synthetic biology to be designing and constructing new systems running on
principles of biology as opposed to synthetically creating life. 41% of them also believed advances in
Science and Technology will soon result in the discovery of anti cancer drug.
Though 36% of the survey population connected Escherichia coli with Intestine, only 11% of them knew
that E.Coli is used as a model organism in laboratories and 25% made E.Coli, the pathogen which causes
the malfunctioning of Insulin Gene. It was quite alarming to note that 44% of this young population had
safety issues with Artificial Sweeteners.
Place: Technical Fest of IIT Madras
Sample Size: 111
1. Which of the following diseases, you think, results in most number of deaths a year?
2. Is Diabetes contagious (capable of spreading)?
3. Which of the following words do you associate with diabetes?
4. How many Teaspoons of sugar do you consume a day?
5. Who or What is “Monellin”?
6. What is Synthetic Biology?
7. Pick the breakthrough you think will happen first
8. Heard of Escherichia coli?
9. What are the disadvantages of Artificial Sweeteners?
10. How do you like your curd?
Lastly, 41% of them liked sweet curd which gives a nice hope to our product.
2010 is the second year of five-year focus on 'Diabetes education and prevention", the theme selected
by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization for World Diabetes Day
2009-2013. We aim at restoring their sweet tooth and We Unite for Diabetes.
Results
Date: 30th September 2010Place: Technical Fest of IIT Madras
Sample Size: 111
1. Which of the following diseases, you think, results in most number of deaths a year?
- AIDS
17 15% - Breast Cancer
20 18% - Diabetes
72 65% - Breast Cancer
2. Is Diabetes contagious (capable of spreading)?
- Yes
12 11% - No
98 88% - No
3. Which of the following words do you associate with diabetes?
- Sugar
53 48 % - Insulin
86 78% - Death
10 9% - Obesity
20 18% - Injections
18% 16%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%. - Insulin
4. How many Teaspoons of sugar do you consume a day?
- less than 2
27 24% - 2 to 5
51 46% - 5 to 10
21 19% - 10 to 20
4 4% - greater than 20
1 1% - 2 to 5
5. Who or What is “Monellin”?
-
a. Protein that tastes sweet
72 62% - b. The original Mona Lisa
8 7% - c. A poisonous orchid
16 14% - d. Feather of Dodo, an extinct species
4 4% - b. The original Mona Lisa
6. What is Synthetic Biology?
- a. Area of science which focuses on “Synthetically” creating Life
21 19% - b. Concerns design and construction of new biological functions or systems
81 73% - b. Concerns design and construction of new biological functions or systems
7. Pick the breakthrough you think will happen first
- a. Discovery of an anti-cancer drug
45 41% - b. Eradication of AIDS
21 19% - c. Extinction of human race (A Biotech experiment gone wrong)
18 16% - d. Making Bacteria play “Rock-Paper-Scissors”
13 12% - b. Eradication of AIDS
8. Heard of Escherichia coli?
- a. An artificial sweetener
12 11% - b. The organization that created the first cell
8 7% - c. A virus that causes the insulin gene to not function
28 25% - d. Something to do with the intestine
40 36% - e. A model organism (like guinea pigs and rats)
12 11% - b. The organization that created the first cell
9. What are the disadvantages of Artificial Sweeteners?
- a. Doesn’t taste like sugar (too sweet or too bitter)
11 10% - b. Safety issues (cancer causing, toxic etc)
49 44% - c. Not economic
17 15% - d. Difficult to manufacture
4 4% - e. Difficult to digest
23 21% - b. Safety issues (cancer causing, toxic etc)
10. How do you like your curd?
- sweet
45 41% - sour
9 8% - salt/doiv
18 16% - plain
32 29% - sour
