Team:ETH Zurich/Modeling/Lactate Module

"What I cannot create I do not understand."
- Richard Feynmann

Lactate Module

Introduction

The initial idea was to implement a fold change sensor in order to measure the lactate production rate. We assumed that on our timeframe, the lactate production might not reach steady state. That is why our sensor has the topology of a fold change sensor. However due to the topology of the natural detection system in E coli. Our system does not behave as a fold change sensor but rather amplifies the difference between the production of cancer and normal cells.