Inflammation-Sensing On/Off Switch in Engineered Bacteria (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Inflammation-Sensing On/Off Switch in Engineered Bacteria

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Engineered bacteria not exposed to inflammatory signals do not turn on the memory circuit and thus remain colorless. In the presence of the inflammatory chemical tetrathionate, the memory circuit switches on and colors the engineered bacteria blue.

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Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School.

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