Team:ABSI Kenya/Improve
Innovative ideas to solve local problems using synthetic biology.
Introduction
ABSI_Kenya is a team of young professionals with innovative ideas to solve local problems using synthetic biology.
About our project
Every year, 1.6 million lives are lost globally as a result of diarrheal diseases. A huge percentage of these are linked to poor sanitation and hygiene and contaminated water. In Kenya alone, 47% of the population lacks access to clean drinking water.
This demographic relies on ponds, rivers wells, and other unimproved sources Unfortunately, these are contaminated with industrial effluent and domestic output such as feces. These present a serious health hazard when ingested. These classes of contaminants are dangerous and are known to end human life or at the least cause illness to human beings. Some of the effects are irreversible.
Since this is a major problem in Kenya our team has decided to design a water-based biosensor that will be able to detect chemical and microbial contaminants in water. Our project gives a provision for affected communities to test their drinking water from the comfort of their homes. With the use of biological engineering principles, we have designed a biosensor that detects the common bacterial and chemical contaminants, The kit will be highly accurate and the results will be easy to read, hence no laboratory is required for this.
About Kenya
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Improvement of an Existing Part
Gold Medal Criterion #2
Make a new Part that improves the function of an existing Part. This improvement must be distinct from your work for Bronze and Silver medals.
You must document your improvement on both the existing and new Parts' Main Pages on the Registry for your team to be eligible for this criteria.
Adding parts to the Registry
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We encourage teams to start adding and documenting their parts on the Registry as soon as they can. Once you add your parts to the Registry, you can continue to add documentation to them throughout the iGEM season (up until the Registry freeze). This will allow you to remember all the details about your parts and store their history in the wiki. Documentation includes the characterization data of your parts.