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degradation of otherwise non-degradable material for humans, such as cellulose. And of course, we also | degradation of otherwise non-degradable material for humans, such as cellulose. And of course, we also | ||
| - | want it to be tasty! <br> | + | want it to be tasty! <br> <br> |
Our aim with this project is to help society in the right direction in controlling malnutrition due to the lack | Our aim with this project is to help society in the right direction in controlling malnutrition due to the lack | ||
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project will lead to a realization of the limited source of nutrition, and that this realization will be followed | project will lead to a realization of the limited source of nutrition, and that this realization will be followed | ||
| - | by an acceptance, but most importantly, debate, of introducing nutrition produced from E. coli. <br> | + | by an acceptance, but most importantly, debate, of introducing nutrition produced from E. coli. <br> <br> |
The idea of generating nutrition from bacteria is a contradiction between the common opinion of how food | The idea of generating nutrition from bacteria is a contradiction between the common opinion of how food | ||
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is produced and of finding a solution on obtaining food in the future. This means that the importance of | is produced and of finding a solution on obtaining food in the future. This means that the importance of | ||
| - | doing good research and including ethics and social aspects will have great impact on our iGEM project. <br> | + | doing good research and including ethics and social aspects will have great impact on our iGEM project. <br> <br> |
This project is our proposal for a solution to malnutrition. We intend to present a possible solution, but | This project is our proposal for a solution to malnutrition. We intend to present a possible solution, but | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 11 September 2014
Project description
Our project aims to create a nutrition source of high quality from a yet untapped resource: E. coli. Our
project intends to genetically modify E.coli to overproduce a self-designed “Wonderprotein”, which
contains the perfect distribution of all amino acids, including all the essential amino acids that must be
incorporated through the diet. Likewise, will this bacteria produce essential fatty acids (Ω3-, and Ω6 fatty
acids), that cannot be produced by humans. All this amazing nutrition-combo will be obtained from the
degradation of otherwise non-degradable material for humans, such as cellulose. And of course, we also
want it to be tasty!
Our aim with this project is to help society in the right direction in controlling malnutrition due to the lack
of food in the future. The importance of acknowledging that food comes from a limited source, as it is
now, is a part of the idea with our project. We wish to highlight the limited source of food by introducing
a solution to the problem, protein and Ω fatty acids produced from a strain of E. coli. We hope that our
project will lead to a realization of the limited source of nutrition, and that this realization will be followed
by an acceptance, but most importantly, debate, of introducing nutrition produced from E. coli.
The idea of generating nutrition from bacteria is a contradiction between the common opinion of how food
is produced and of finding a solution on obtaining food in the future. This means that the importance of
doing good research and including ethics and social aspects will have great impact on our iGEM project.
This project is our proposal for a solution to malnutrition. We intend to present a possible solution, but
we also aim at addressing the problem of malnutrition and the upcoming dilemma of obtaining food for
everybody in a future with more, and more people to share this world.
