Team:Tec-Chihuahua/Bees

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Previous ideas

Arsenic Biomethylation There are many water bodies contaminated by arsenic which is a highly toxic chemical and when it is ingested could develop some health problems like cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Our idea was through the modification of the bacteria Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 confer it the ability to biomethylate the arsenic in order to make it less dangerous, by reducing its toxicity, preventing various health related issues.

Iron Bean We focused on how serious is the problem that represents in the world the anemia caused by malnutrition, and we wanted to make a solution. The goal was to develop a source of food that was available for most of the people and we thought beans could be the perfect subject. That is why we had the idea of modifying the bean plant in order to increase the iron nutrient for people could harness in a better way this legume.

Spicy Strawberry Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that attacks the strawberry crops. Our plan was to modify an endogenous microorganism from the strawberries with the gen of capsinoids from non-pungent peppers that have shown antifungal activity to give to the strawberries a mechanism.

BPA Filter Bisphenol A (BPA), which is an endocrine disruptor, can be found in water bodies contaminated with plastic residues. The human exposure to BPA might cause problems with the female fertility, immunological reproductive alterations, ovarian polycystic, fetal chromosomal abnormality among others. We wanted to develop a 'filter' using genetically modified bacteria capable of degrading Bisphenol A due to, even though, the actual methods may remove the plastic from the water they do not have the capacity to eliminate BPA.

THE ULTIMATE PROJECT

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