{"id":7595,"date":"2011-12-28T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2011-12-28T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T20:57:48","slug":"student-project-develops-bacteria-based-glucose-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=7595","title":{"rendered":"Student Project Develops Bacteria-Based Glucose Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7597\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ShannonFoster_MissouriST.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7597\" title=\"IGem Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ShannonFoster_MissouriST.jpg\" alt=\"Erica Shannon, left, and Amanda Foster are among the Missouri S&amp;T students that developed a biological system to detect glucose levels.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ShannonFoster_MissouriST.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ShannonFoster_MissouriST-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erica Shannon, left, and Amanda Foster are among the Missouri S&amp;T students that developed a biological system to detect glucose levels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A team of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mst.edu\/2011\/12\/student_teams_glucose_sensor_u.html\">Missouri University of Science and Technology<\/a> students in Rolla developed a sensor based on genetically modified <em>E. coli<\/em> bacteria to detect glucose levels. The students, members of the university&#8217;s chapter of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGem) Foundation, developed the system as part of an <a href=\"http:\/\/2011.igem.org\/Team:Missouri_Miners\">annual competition<\/a> sponsored by iGEM, receiving a silver medal for their entry.<\/p>\n<p>The group devised a system that uses segments of DNA embedded in bacteria to detect glucose. The students designed genes that allow a non-virulent strain of <em>E. coli<\/em> bacteria to sense the presence of the simple sugar glucose. When glucose is present, the bacteria then emit a yellow glow, and as glucose concentrations increase, the glow becomes brighter.<\/p>\n<p>According to chapter president Erica Shannon, a senior in biological sciences, this kind of sensor could lead to less costly processes to help people with diabetes monitor their blood-sugar levels. For example, a simple paper test strip could indicate glucose levels based on changes in colors, rather than a fluorescent gene, with different colors indicating safe, borderline, or dangerous levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All you would have to do is put the DNA inside a bacteria and you&#8217;ve got your test strip,&#8221; says Shannon, but the potential for the technology goes further. &#8220;[B]ased on further research&#8221; Shannon adds, &#8220;an insulin gene could be added to this system for use in insulin pumps, where specific glucose levels trigger insulin production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=6984\">Dried Blood Test Developed, Spin-Off Company Formed<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of Missouri University of Science and Technology students in Rolla developed a sensor based on genetically modified E. coli bacteria to detect glucose levels. The students, members of the university&#8217;s chapter of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGem) Foundation, developed the system as part of an annual competition sponsored by iGEM, receiving a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[31,86,55,64,77,26],"class_list":["post-7595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products","tag-biomedical","tag-engineering","tag-genomics","tag-life-sciences","tag-medical-device","tag-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7600,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions\/7600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}