Team:UNAM-CU
IGEM-CU page!
Welcome to IGEM-CU page
Our project:
Can you imagine a device containing a bacterium, to detect glucose throughout the day and in response to it expulse insulin? Imagine the possibilities this could have if implemented, by means of a device such as treatment in type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes?
IGEM-CU is doing everything possible so that the answers to these questions come true!
Why?
Because:
- In 2014 the global prevalence of diabetes * was estimated to be 9% among adults aged 18+ years.
- In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes
- More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries
- And we want to make it better
How?
Because:
- By bringing together a group of students of medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and biomedicine.
- Taking advantage of individual skills and abilities make them within a team
- Using tools of molecular biology
- Creating an organism that can measure glucose in the medium, in response to it, synthesize insulin and subsequently to eject means.
- Designing a device that is functional, economical and safety for all users
- Creating a mathematical model which explains each variable involved in the experiment
- And finally, designate a doctor to monitor them all and ensure that the experiment is safe and functional!