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| - | <tr><td > < | + | <tr> <td bgColor=#FFFFFF colspan = 3 height = 100px> <font size = +5> <center> Safety </center> </font> |
| - | + | <br><a href="https://igem.org/Safety/Safety_Form?team_id=1369">Link to our team's safety form.</a> </td> </tr> | |
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| - | <tr> | + | <tr> <td bgColor=#000000 colspan = 3> <font color = "white"> <font size = +2> <center> W.M. Keck Engineering Laboratories </center> </font> </td> |
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| + | <center>Our lab is located on the 1st floor of W. M. Keck Engineering Laboratories. We have our own tabletop centrifuge and thermal cycler, as well as a 37°C incubator, a -20°C freezer, and a 4°C freezer. We share the -80°C freezer with the rest of the Richard Murray lab. | ||
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| + | <tr> <td> One of the questions are team asked was: if we were to design an inter species drug to treat diabetes, how feasible would it be to test and distribute?After considering this idea, we came across questions regarding the safety of this approach. We contacted the Caltech Safety Office to consider the steps we would have to take to test it. First, we would want to test our drug on animals. To do this, we would have to adhere to the IACUC guidelines for animal testing. <a href="https://iacuc.caltech.edu/submission">This link</a> describes the procedures necessary. Next, we would want to test it on humans. For that, we would need to adhere to <a href="https://irb.caltech.edu/protocols">the IRB guidelines</a>. Not only do we need to follow IRB guidelines, but we also need to follow FDA guidelines. Their regulations can be found at <a href="http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/RunningClinicalTrials/ucm155713.htm#FDARegulations">the FDA's website</a> for guidelines regarding clinical trials. | ||
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| - | + | This approach does address our question. However, it makes it seem like a trivial process, when it, in reality, would be very time consuming to perform. Since we were unsuccessful in creating our circuit design in <i>E. coli</i>, this approach did not influence our science project, since it is a distant step in the process. However, an actual research group or biotech company working on a project similar to ours over a much longer time scale (e.g. 8 years) will almost certainly encounter these concerns and have to account for them accordingly. Future iGEM teams can follow these steps if they build off our work and design a successful circuit in <i>E. coli</i> using insulin. | |
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| - | < | + | <tr><td>Please visit our <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Caltech/Project/Methods_and_Methods">Materials and Methods section</a> to view the standard protocols we followed over the summer.</td></tr> |
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<li> <b>Now :</b> Read the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Safety">Safety Hub </a> and learn about safety in iGEM. Ask questions by emailing safety at <i> igem DOT org </i>. </li> | <li> <b>Now :</b> Read the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Safety">Safety Hub </a> and learn about safety in iGEM. Ask questions by emailing safety at <i> igem DOT org </i>. </li> | ||
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One of the questions are team asked was: if we were to design an inter species drug to treat diabetes, how feasible would it be to test and distribute?After considering this idea, we came across questions regarding the safety of this approach. We contacted the Caltech Safety Office to consider the steps we would have to take to test it. First, we would want to test our drug on animals. To do this, we would have to adhere to the IACUC guidelines for animal testing. This link describes the procedures necessary. Next, we would want to test it on humans. For that, we would need to adhere to the IRB guidelines. Not only do we need to follow IRB guidelines, but we also need to follow FDA guidelines. Their regulations can be found at the FDA's website for guidelines regarding clinical trials.
| This approach does address our question. However, it makes it seem like a trivial process, when it, in reality, would be very time consuming to perform. Since we were unsuccessful in creating our circuit design in E. coli, this approach did not influence our science project, since it is a distant step in the process. However, an actual research group or biotech company working on a project similar to ours over a much longer time scale (e.g. 8 years) will almost certainly encounter these concerns and have to account for them accordingly. Future iGEM teams can follow these steps if they build off our work and design a successful circuit in E. coli using insulin. |
Please visit our Materials and Methods section to view the standard protocols we followed over the summer. | | |||||||||
