Team:Dundee
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- | The Dundee iGem team began this project with a series of meetings during which ideas were explored, and areas of interest were discussed to find a project focus that appealed to the team. After much debating, the area of healthcare was chosen, and the project goals were refined to concentrate on a method to counteract corruption of the natural gut flora balance by clostridium difficile (<em>C.Diff</em>). Individuals undergoing long term antibiotic treatment can suffer from pseudomembranous colitis caused by <em>C.Diff</em>, and the team's aim was to modify Escherichia coli (<em>E.Coli</em>) to attack <em>C.Diff</em> in a manner that restored the natural balance of the gut flora. | + | The Dundee iGem team began this project with a series of meetings during which ideas were explored, and areas of interest were discussed to find a project focus that appealed to the team. After much debating, the area of healthcare was chosen, and the project goals were refined to concentrate on a method to counteract corruption of the natural gut flora balance by clostridium difficile (<em>C.Diff</em>). Individuals undergoing long term antibiotic treatment can suffer from pseudomembranous colitis caused by <em>C.Diff</em>, and the team's aim was to modify Escherichia coli (<em>E.Coli</em>) to attack <em>C.Diff </em> in a manner that restored the natural balance of the gut flora. |
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