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UT Dallas iGEM

PROJECT

Treating infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract with antibiotics disrupts a patient's gut microbiota and can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant strains. The increasing population of multi-drug resistant bacterial strains, both within and outside of health centers, is a growing health concern that is becoming progressively difficult to treat. Additionally, it is a well-recognized fact within the global health community that traditional antibiotics do not represent a sustainable method of treatment for bacterial infections. There is a clear drive towards minimally invasive, prophylactic therapies for such ailments, but is a demand that so far, has not been adequately met. Our project will aim at replacing broad and narrow spectrum antibiotics with “precision therapies” that have etiology targeting capacity at the species level as well as contain minimal cross-talk among healthy tissues, organs, and symbiotic organisms.

THE TEAM

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 								  <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/1/13/Tyler-profile-image.png" height="400px" width="400px" class="tooltip" title="<h2 class='info_h2'>Tyler</h2>Hey there! My name is Tyler. I graduated in 2013 as a biochemistry major at the University of Texas at Dallas. <p>I partipated in iGEM in 2011 as a student and this year served as the UT Dallas iGEM team advisor.
-I think iGEM provides an excellent opportunity to get more students involved in biomedical research.
+I think iGEM provides an excellent opportunity to get students involved in biomedical research.
 In the future, I hope to utilize synthetic biology to tackle problems in the medical field.">