Designer Microbes Make Painkillers from Plastic Waste Industries use petroleum products to make drugs such as aspirin, paracetamol, antibiotics, and antipsychotics 5 But paracetamol can also be synthesized in cells from PABA by two microbial enzymes 6 So, Wallace and his team introduced the genes for these enzymes into PABA-deficient E coli, fed them recycled plastic waste, and watched the magic happen The cells converted 92 percent of
Scientists use bacteria to convert plastic into paracetamol A bacterium eats a plastic bottle and, once the waste is inside its structure, the cell ferments it as if it were beer and turns it into paracetamol That’s a simplified summary of a scientific study — published Monday in the journal Nature — in which classical chemistry is used in a “completely new” way for the first time, according to lead author Stephen Wallace
Waste to painkiller? Bacteria convert plastic into paracetamol New drug-making method transforms plastic waste into paracetamol in 24 hours Breakthrough by UK scientists uses reprogrammed E coli to convert PET waste into paracetamol without fossil fuels
E. coli can turn plastic into painkillers, chemists discover PARIS: Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said on Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make a
New-to-nature biocompatible chemistry for plastic waste upcycling Synthetic and biological chemistry are traditionally seen as separate fields Now, a biocompatible chemical reaction enables an engineered microbe to convert plastic waste into valuable compounds
Scientists Use Bacteria to Turn Plastic Into Useful Substances Scientists have genetically engineered bacteria to efficiently turn plastic waste into useful chemicals The bacteria, described in a study published in the journal Nature Communications,