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<p>Our meeting at Food Standards Scotland was the first changing point on our project, where Dr McElhiney suggested targeting infections at the animal source instead of targeting infected humans. We integrated her advice and changed the direction of our project towards fighting bacterial infections in animals.</p> | <p>Our meeting at Food Standards Scotland was the first changing point on our project, where Dr McElhiney suggested targeting infections at the animal source instead of targeting infected humans. We integrated her advice and changed the direction of our project towards fighting bacterial infections in animals.</p> | ||
<p>To further our efforts into the sustainability of antibiotics, we were advised by Katherine Grace at the Veterinary Medicine Directorate to pinpoint specific infections that our method could target, to explore real-world applications of the project. She advised that this would promote the benefits of our method more effectively than generally saying it can target bacterial infections.</p> | <p>To further our efforts into the sustainability of antibiotics, we were advised by Katherine Grace at the Veterinary Medicine Directorate to pinpoint specific infections that our method could target, to explore real-world applications of the project. She advised that this would promote the benefits of our method more effectively than generally saying it can target bacterial infections.</p> |
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Our meeting at Food Standards Scotland was the first changing point on our project, where Dr McElhiney suggested targeting infections at the animal source instead of targeting infected humans. We integrated her advice and changed the direction of our project towards fighting bacterial infections in animals.
To further our efforts into the sustainability of antibiotics, we were advised by Katherine Grace at the Veterinary Medicine Directorate to pinpoint specific infections that our method could target, to explore real-world applications of the project. She advised that this would promote the benefits of our method more effectively than generally saying it can target bacterial infections.
To further the integration of safety concerns, we added a lysis cassette that is downstream of a bile salt promoter, on the feedback of Katherine Grace. This means that when our bacteria enter the intestine, the presence of bile salts causes the cells to lyse – therefore they are unable to enter and become native to the environment outside of the animals.