Team:TU-Delft/HP

Snifferomyces - Is it the Solution?

This is a very complicated question, to approach this question, first was determined on which solutions we will perform study.

• Tuberculosis Detection
• Detection of explosives

The tuberculosis detection was our main case study and a lot of wetlab work on this possible methyl nicotinate receptor has been done. The detection of explosives is a application we thought of inspired by the K-9's detecting explosives.

Is Snifferomyces the solution for tuberculosis detection?

This question is approached on two different ways. A interview with Dr. Rene Lutter and a implementation study. For the implementation study we subdivided this question into several smaller, more specific questions.

• What is tuberculosis?
• What are the present diagnostic tools?
• Why would a diagnostic tool based on our principle contribute?
• How does the problem area look like?

Is Snifferomyces the solution for explosive detection?

In this case we didn't do a wetlab study but spoke to the Royal Dutch Military Police. The Royal Dutch Military Police are present at Schiphol to detect possible threats to the National Security. One part of their job is to be on the lookout for explosives. This is mainly done by K-9's, we asked their opinion about using micro organisms and GMO's as explosive detectors!

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Military Police	Implementation Study	Interview with Doctor