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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>When our group was brainstorming project ideas, a team member spoke up and announced that he has been afflicted with type one diabetes since he was a child. He asked the group if synthetic biology could be used to help people like him with this disease. Research into the topic soon revealed that, in 2007, the Taipei iGEM team had already come up with an answer (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">parts</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mit</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">edu/igem07/index.php</del>/Taipei). They had designed a system with a glucose sensitive promoter and an eYFP reporter gene. This gene could be substituted for an insulin production gene, so that when glucose is present in the environment, insulin is produced. This system has applications in insulin pump technologies.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>When our group was brainstorming project ideas, a team member spoke up and announced that he has been afflicted with type one diabetes since he was a child. He asked the group if synthetic biology could be used to help people like him with this disease. Research into the topic soon revealed that, in 2007, the Taipei iGEM team had already come up with an answer (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2007</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">igem</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</ins>/Taipei). They had designed a system with a glucose sensitive promoter and an eYFP reporter gene. This gene could be substituted for an insulin production gene, so that when glucose is present in the environment, insulin is produced. This system has applications in insulin pump technologies.</p></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Unfortunately, biobricks for this complete system were not entered into the registry. Our team decided to continue their work so these biobricks could be available on the registry. In addition to submitting this part to the registry our team wanted to modify the part so that it could be sensitive to glucose at multiple concentrations. By doing this, we could use the biobrick to develop an economical glucose sensor.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Unfortunately, biobricks for this complete system were not entered into the registry. Our team decided to continue their work so these biobricks could be available on the registry. In addition to submitting this part to the registry our team wanted to modify the part so that it could be sensitive to glucose at multiple concentrations. By doing this, we could use the biobrick to develop an economical glucose sensor.</p></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td></tr>
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</table>Akfd49http://2011.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Missouri_Miners/Project_Background&diff=191125&oldid=prevAkfd49 at 11:51, 28 September 20112011-09-28T11:51:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Our goal is to model a system that can measure glucose levels at different concentrations. In the future, this system could lead to cheaper blood glucose testing devices or an economic and efficient insulin pump. To achieve this goal we are utilizing the EnvZ-OmpR two-component regulatory system. If the OmpR binding region were to be mutated, theoretically, the system would be sensitive to glucose at different glucose concentrations. Each of these mutations are then be isolated and characterized. Once an adequate number of mutants is identified the fluorescence reporter gene could be substituted with other reporter <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gene </del>(color <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gene</del>) to make an inexpensive glucose sensor. eYFP could also be replaced with insulin so the system produces insulin at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">different </del>concentrations of glucose. In the future, this system could <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then </del>be used as an insulin pump <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>replace insulin in the body when needed. </p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Our goal is to model a system that can measure glucose levels at different concentrations. In the future, this system could lead to cheaper blood glucose testing devices or an economic and efficient insulin pump. To achieve this goal we are utilizing the EnvZ-OmpR two-component regulatory system. If the OmpR binding region were to be mutated, theoretically, the system would be sensitive to glucose at different glucose concentrations. Each of these mutations are then be isolated and characterized. Once an adequate number of mutants is identified<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>the fluorescence reporter gene could be substituted with other reporter <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">genes </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">e.g. a spectrum of </ins>color <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">genes</ins>) to make an inexpensive glucose sensor. eYFP could also be replaced with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </ins>insulin <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gene </ins>so the system produces insulin at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">specific </ins>concentrations of glucose. In the future, this system could <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">possibly </ins>be used as an insulin pump <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>replace insulin in the body when needed. </p></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Our goal is to model a system that can measure glucose levels at different concentrations. In the future, this system could lead to cheaper blood glucose testing devices or an economic and efficient insulin pump. To achieve this goal we are utilizing the EnvZ-OmpR two-component regulatory system. If the OmpR binding region were to be mutated, theoretically, the system would be sensitive to glucose at different glucose concentrations. Each of these mutations are then be isolated and characterized. Once an adequate number of mutants is identified the fluorescence reporter gene could be substituted with other reporter gene (color gene) to make an inexpensive glucose sensor. eYFP could also be replaced with insulin so the system produces insulin at different concentrations of glucose. In the future, this system could then be used as an insulin pump and replace insulin in the body when needed. </p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Our goal is to model a system that can measure glucose levels at different concentrations. In the future, this system could lead to cheaper blood glucose testing devices or an economic and efficient insulin pump. To achieve this goal we are utilizing the EnvZ-OmpR two-component regulatory system. If the OmpR binding region were to be mutated, theoretically, the system would be sensitive to glucose at different glucose concentrations. Each of these mutations are then be isolated and characterized. Once an adequate number of mutants is identified the fluorescence reporter gene could be substituted with other reporter gene (color gene) to make an inexpensive glucose sensor. eYFP could also be replaced with insulin so the system produces insulin at different concentrations of glucose. In the future, this system could then be used as an insulin pump and replace insulin in the body when needed. </p></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Our </del>group was brainstorming project ideas <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one day when </del>a team member spoke up and announced that he has been afflicted with type one diabetes since he was a child. He asked the group if synthetic biology could be used to help people like him with this disease. Research into the topic soon revealed that, in 2007, the Taipei iGEM team had already come up with an answer (http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php/Taipei). They had designed a system with a glucose sensitive promoter and an eYFP reporter gene. This gene could be substituted for an insulin production gene, so that when glucose is present in the environment, insulin is produced. This system has applications in insulin pump technologies.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When our </ins>group was brainstorming project ideas<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>a team member spoke up and announced that he has been afflicted with type one diabetes since he was a child. He asked the group if synthetic biology could be used to help people like him with this disease. Research into the topic soon revealed that, in 2007, the Taipei iGEM team had already come up with an answer (http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php/Taipei). They had designed a system with a glucose sensitive promoter and an eYFP reporter gene. This gene could be substituted for an insulin production gene, so that when glucose is present in the environment, insulin is produced. This system has applications in insulin pump technologies.</p></div></td></tr>
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</table>Akfd49http://2011.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Missouri_Miners/Project_Background&diff=191078&oldid=prevAkfd49 at 11:39, 28 September 20112011-09-28T11:39:38Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>In the United States alone, it is estimated that 3 million people are affected by type one diabetes. Complications that arise due to this disease include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, and neuropathy. The American Diabetes Association has estimated that diabetes costs America over $200 billion per year in diagnosis and treatment (http://www.diabetes.org ).</p></div></td></tr>
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</table>Akfd49http://2011.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Missouri_Miners/Project_Background&diff=191051&oldid=prevAkfd49 at 11:30, 28 September 20112011-09-28T11:30:17Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Type one diabetes is characterized by the body’s inability to produce insulin and is caused by the death or malfunction of the ß-cells in the pancreas. Insulin is the hormone that decreases the blood glucose concentration by inducing the cellular intake of glucose.</p></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> <p>Type one diabetes is characterized by the body’s inability to produce insulin and is caused by the death or malfunction of the ß-cells in the pancreas. Insulin is the hormone that decreases the blood glucose concentration by inducing the cellular intake of glucose.</p></div></td></tr>
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