BME103:T930 Group 14 l2

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OUR TEAM Name: Jake Lindquist Protocol Planner Name: Breanna Pratt Protocol Planner Name: Kirsten Jefferys Open PCR Machine Engineer Name: Ben Alcorn Open PCR Machine Engineer Name: Carlos Duarte Research and Design Scientist Name: Bryce DeSimmone Research and Design Scientist LAB 2 WRITE-UP Thermal Cycler Engineering Our re-design is based upon the Open PCR system originally designed by Josh Perfetto and Tito Jankowski. System Design Key Features Instructions Protocols Materials Supplied in the kit Amount PCR Assembly 1 Fluorimeter 1 Phone Stand 1 Box 1 Supplied by User Amount Samples 3 samples per subject Positive & Negative controls 1 each Calibrator (Calif.../water blank) 1 each Enzyme/Primer mix Enough for all the samples Test tubes 1 for each sample, and control Pippettes 1 for each sample, control, and calibration solution PCR Protocol DNA Measurement Protocol Research and Development Background on Disease Markers ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) As it turns out, Alzheimer's Disease is a uniquely diverse disease, as it has many different genetic mutations that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. A brief background before we start. Early-onset AD is the least common form of AD, as it only occurs in 5% of individuals who have the disease, but it is the only type of AD that comes almost completely from inherited genetic traits. The problem comes in when the new gene sequence causes a change in a protein made, which generates harmful amyloid plaques (the driving force of the disease). Late-onset AD occurs in the other 95% and is a combination of lifestyle, genetic, and environmental factors. Most of info found on: (http://www.stanford.edu/class/gene210/files/projects/Gen210AlzheimersDisease.pdf) Primer Design ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) Because there are many different variations of genetic early-onset AD that can occur, we chose to focus on the sequence rs17517621, which causes a G to change to an A. AAATCTTTTTG[G/A]CAAATTTG is the specific primer sequence that we located for this disease. Following the DNA strand to the left, the specific primer for this type of genetic AD variation was found. According to Dr. Haynes, only 150 BP to the left are needed, so we only went 150 BP to help increase the speed of the PCR. The DNA primer sequence is GACAATTGCTAAGTGTAACA (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp?term=17517621), which can be used, as discussed before, to help identify DNA with this genetic variation present. And the reverse would be CTGTTAACGATTCACATTGT. Forward Primer:GACAATTGCTAAGTGAACA Reverse Primer:ACAAGTGAATCGTTAACAG Other common variances of AD occur in rs429358 and rs7412 (which involve changes in C and T), but the primer and sequence is only needed for rs17517621. As discussed in the last lab, a diseased allele will give a positive result in the PCR because only this specific primer can bind to that specific DNA sequence. So if the disease is present, the primer will bind and replicate the DNA exponentially, resulting in a positive. If the disease is not present, on the other hand, the primer will have no chance to bind, thus giving a negative result. Illustration