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Revision as of 23:58, 18 October 2016
Integrated Human Practice
“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” - Indira Gandhi
Thankfully all our questions have been answered by the public and some experts. We were able to assemble the information which wanted to be shared. Now it was our time to reach out and answer the concerns and questions of others regarding our project and the synthetic biology itself.
According to our survey most participants are still skeptical when it comes to synthetic biology. This can be explained by its novelty in today’s field of science. There is still a way to go to spread it in the public awareness. Genetic engineering, GMOs and the production of medication, bacteria good or bad? Getting confused is easy, but staying confused is a choice. We want to enlighten the public about synthetic biology and our project.
We’ve based the structure of our wiki, presentation and the way we present our project in general on the information we’ve received from these surveys. Therefore, we knew on which basis we could build onto and how we could focus on the unclear parts in a more detailed way to reach a better understanding in the public’s view. We hope we were able to give something back, so everybody benefits equally.
Thankfully all our questions have been answered by the public and some experts. We were able to assemble the information which wanted to be shared. Now it was our time to reach out and answer the concerns and questions of others regarding our project and the synthetic biology itself.
According to our survey most participants are still skeptical when it comes to synthetic biology. This can be explained by its novelty in today’s field of science. There is still a way to go to spread it in the public awareness. Genetic engineering, GMOs and the production of medication, bacteria good or bad? Getting confused is easy, but staying confused is a choice. We want to enlighten the public about synthetic biology and our project.
We’ve based the structure of our wiki, presentation and the way we present our project in general on the information we’ve received from these surveys. Therefore, we knew on which basis we could build onto and how we could focus on the unclear parts in a more detailed way to reach a better understanding in the public’s view. We hope we were able to give something back, so everybody benefits equally.
In the beginning of our project, at the point when we already decided on using the spores of Bacillus subtilis for targeted drug delivery, we thought about ways to applicate medication in a more comforting and easy way. As B. subtilis is actually a probiotic, we came up with the idea to use probiotic yogurt to administer our spores to the human body. It could even become just another tasty item on one’s breakfast.
This seemed like a great idea at the time. But after evaluating our survey about synthetic biology, it revealed that the majority of participants is against genetic modifications during food production while 86% approved of the use of genetic modifications in the development of new drugs or therapies.
After we held an interview with pharmacists /experts in the medical field it revealed that the idea of using yogurt actually isn’t that applicable. As it is important for our spores to get to the colon intact, where their actual target is, they need to be protected from stomach acids. The best way to achieve this is to encapsulate the spores in stomach acid resistant capsules. Based on the information we got out of the survey and the opinions of the experts we discarded the idea of using yogurt and decided instead to use capsules.
Additionally, we wanted to address people affected by ulcerative colitis in our survey, specifically targeting ulcerative colitis patients.The survey did not only answer many questions about how patients feel and what influence their illness has on their life, but also strengthened our motivation to come up with a new delivery system.
