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From 2011.igem.org

At first, try to answer two questions:

Do we have enough information about our world?

Do we have the best tools to characterize the very complex world of lipids?

We deal with lipids everyday: our food, our fuel and our body is full of various types of lipids. We decided to create the building blocks of a Genetically Engienered Machine that is able to identify specific lipids, to complete genetic programs if those lipids are detected and to be able of self-destruction, once their job was completed.

So, let's see the details!