Team:Waterloo

From 2010.igem.org

(Difference between revisions)
Line 12: Line 12:
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Parts|Parts Submitted to the Registry]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Parts|Parts Submitted to the Registry]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Modeling|Modeling]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Modeling|Modeling]]
 +
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Human|Human Practices]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Notebook|Notebook]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Notebook|Notebook]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Safety|Safety]]
!align="center"|[[Team:Waterloo/Safety|Safety]]
|}
|}

Revision as of 16:44, 12 October 2010

Superbugs, or antibiotic resistant microorganisms, are microbes that have become resistant to traditional treatments. These types of infections are difficult to diagnose, treat, and eradicate, making the healing process time consuming and resource intensive. The native quorum-sensing unit from S.aureus (the Agr system), will be introduced into a non-pathogenic strain of E.coli. The E.coli will then effectively have the ability to eavesdrop on the activity of the pathogenic organism and emit an indication of the magnitude of the infection in the form of RFP. Using sensitivity tuners the system can be designed such that the response will occur at an exact level, when the size of the population poses a threat to the host. Upon a positive result from a diagnosis, further tests could be done to specify whether MRSA (methicillin-resistant S. aureus) or MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) are present.



Home Team Official Team Profile Project Parts Submitted to the Registry Modeling Human Practices Notebook Safety