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- | <h1 >WELCOME TO iGEM 2014! </h1>
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- | <p>Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season!
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- | <br>On this page you can document your project, introduce your team members, document your progress <br> and share your iGEM experience with the rest of the world! </p>
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- | <p style="color:#E7E7E7"> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Calgary&action=edit"style="color:#FFFFFF"> Click here to edit this page!</a> </p>
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- | <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary"style="color:#000000">Home </a> </td>
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- | <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Team"style="color:#000000"> Team </a> </td>
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- | <a href="https://igem.org/Team.cgi?year=2014&team_name=Calgary"style="color:#000000"> Official Team Profile </a></td>
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- | <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Project"style="color:#000000"> Project</a></td>
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- | <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Attributions"style="color:#000000"> Attributions </a></td>
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- | <tr><td colspan="3"> <h3> Requirements </h3></td></tr>
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- | <p> Please be sure to keep these links, your audience will want to find your: </p>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary">Home</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Team">Team</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://igem.org/Team.cgi?year=2013&team_name=Calgary">Official Team Profile</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Project">Project</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Parts">Parts</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Modeling">Modeling</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Notebook">Notebook</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Safety">Safety</a> </li>
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- | <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Attributions">Attributions</a> </li>
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- | <p>There are a few wiki requirements teams must follow:</p>
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- | <li>All pages, images and files must be hosted on the <a href ="https://2014.igem.org/Special:Upload"> 2014.igem.org server</a>. </li>
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- | <li>All pages must be created under the team’s name space.</li>
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- | <li>As part of your documentation, keep the links from the menu to the left. </li>
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- | <li>Do not use flash in wiki code. </li>
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- | <li>The <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/igem.org/6/60/Igemlogo_300px.png"> iGEM logo </a> should be placed on the upper part of every page and should link to <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Main_Page">2014.igem.org</a>.</li>
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- | <p>Visit the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Wiki_How-To"> Wiki How To page </a> for a complete list of requirements, tips and other useful information. </p>
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| + | <p class="HomeCaseStudyP">Infectious diseases including dengue fever, typhoid fever, and meningitis are symptomatically similar to malaria, and thus are often misdiagnosed in resource-poor developing countries lacking suitable medical diagnostic facilities. The lack of reliable rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose diseases, such as typhoid fever and meningitis, and a reduced capacity to perform standard tests to accurately diagnose these diseases contribute significantly to the problem of misdiagnosis. Due to these diagnostic challenges, patients can also undergo treatment for multiple diseases like malaria and typhoid fever despite a lack of confirmed diagnosis of co-infection. Improper treatment may prolong illness and cause adverse side effects in patients, in addition to a loss of faith in established health services. Misdiagnosis can also result in increased economic burdens and anti-malarial drug resistance. In Sudan, the 2000 annual cost of both treatment and diagnosis of malaria was $100 million USD whereas the calculated cost of accurate malaria.</p> |
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| + | <section class="Content Text Color-Orange" id="HomeCaseStudy"> |
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| + | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/d6/2014UCalgaryHomeHuman.png" id="HomeHuman"> |
| + | <h2 class="HomeCaseStudyH2">CASE STUDY</h2> |
| + | <p class="HomeCaseStudyP">Prevalent infectious diseases such as meningitis, dengue and typhoid fever are symptomatically similar to malaria, and are thus often misdiagnosed in developing countries which <span class="HomeBigText">LACK THE RESOURCES</span> to maintain suitable healthcare infrastructures.</p> |
| + | <p class="HomeCaseStudyP">Misdiagnosis prevents the appropriate treatments from being administered in a timely manner, which results in unnecessary <span class="HomeBigText">HUMAN SUFFERING</span> and a significant financial burden on the healthcare system.</p> |
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- | <tr><td colspan="3" > <h3> Tips </h3></td></tr>
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- | <p>We are currently working on providing teams with some easy to use design templates.
| + | <h2 class="HomeOurDeviceH2">OUR DEVICE, OUR IDEA</h2> |
- | <br> In the meantime you can also view other team wikis for inspiration! Here are some very good examples</p> | + | |
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- | <ul> | + | <p class="HomeOurDeviceP">iGEM Calgary 2014 team is using synthetic biology to develop a <span class="HomeBigText">NOVEL, GENOME-BASED, RAPID POINT-OF-CARE</span> device to simultaneously diagnose multiple infectious diseases.</p> |
- | <li> <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/"> 2013 SDU Denmark </a> </li>
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- | <li> <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:SYSU-China">2013 SYSU China</a> </li>
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- | <li> <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Shenzhen_BGIC_ATCG"> 2013 Shenxhen BGIG ATCG </a></li>
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- | <li> <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Colombia_Uniandes">2013 Colombia Unianades </a></li>
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- | <li> <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge">2013 Lethbridge</a></li>
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- | <p>For a full wiki list, you can visit <a href="https://igem.org/Team_Wikis?year=2013">iGEM 2013 web sites </a> and <a href="https://igem.org/Team_Wikis?year=2012">iGEM 2012 web sites</a> lists. </p>
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| + | <h2 class="HomeComponentsH2">COMPONENTS OF OUR SYSTEM</h2> |
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- | <p>This wiki will be your team’s first interaction with the rest of the world, so here are a few tips to help you get started: </p> | + | <p class="HomeComponentsP">Prevalent infectious diseases such as meningitis, dengue and typhoid fever are symptomatically similar to malaria, and are thus often misdiagnosed in developing countries which lack the resources to maintain suitable healthcare infrastructures (Murray, Quam, & Wilder-Smith, 2013). Failure to accurately diagnose such diseases is of particular concern.</p> |
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- | <li>State your accomplishments! Tell people what you have achieved from the start. </li>
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- | <li>Be clear about what you are doing and what you plan to do.</li>
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- | <li>You have a global audience! Consider the different backgrounds that your users come from.</li>
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- | <li>Make sure information is easy to find; nothing should be more than 3 clicks away. </li>
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- | <li>Avoid using very small fonts and low contrast colors; information should be easy to read. </li>
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- | <li>Start documenting your project as early as possible; don’t leave anything to the last minute before the Wiki Freeze. For a complete list of deadlines visit the <a href="">iGEM 2013 calendar</a> </li>
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- | <li>Have lots of fun! </li>
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MALARIA MISDIAGNOSIS
Infectious diseases including dengue fever, typhoid fever, and meningitis are symptomatically similar to malaria, and thus are often misdiagnosed in resource-poor developing countries lacking suitable medical diagnostic facilities. The lack of reliable rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose diseases, such as typhoid fever and meningitis, and a reduced capacity to perform standard tests to accurately diagnose these diseases contribute significantly to the problem of misdiagnosis. Due to these diagnostic challenges, patients can also undergo treatment for multiple diseases like malaria and typhoid fever despite a lack of confirmed diagnosis of co-infection. Improper treatment may prolong illness and cause adverse side effects in patients, in addition to a loss of faith in established health services. Misdiagnosis can also result in increased economic burdens and anti-malarial drug resistance. In Sudan, the 2000 annual cost of both treatment and diagnosis of malaria was $100 million USD whereas the calculated cost of accurate malaria.
CASE STUDY
Prevalent infectious diseases such as meningitis, dengue and typhoid fever are symptomatically similar to malaria, and are thus often misdiagnosed in developing countries which LACK THE RESOURCES to maintain suitable healthcare infrastructures.
Misdiagnosis prevents the appropriate treatments from being administered in a timely manner, which results in unnecessary HUMAN SUFFERING and a significant financial burden on the healthcare system.
OUR DEVICE, OUR IDEA
iGEM Calgary 2014 team is using synthetic biology to develop a NOVEL, GENOME-BASED, RAPID POINT-OF-CARE device to simultaneously diagnose multiple infectious diseases.
COMPONENTS OF OUR SYSTEM
Prevalent infectious diseases such as meningitis, dengue and typhoid fever are symptomatically similar to malaria, and are thus often misdiagnosed in developing countries which lack the resources to maintain suitable healthcare infrastructures (Murray, Quam, & Wilder-Smith, 2013). Failure to accurately diagnose such diseases is of particular concern.