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- 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
- 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
- Upcycling plastic into painkillers: Microbes transform everyday waste . . .
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) production could be revolutionized by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller The new method leaves virtually no
- 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
- E. coli Converts Plastic Waste Into Paracetamol - Technology Networks
These genes encode for enzymes that turn PABA into paracetamol With these tools in place, E coli made paracetamol from the PET-based starting material at yields of up to 92%, including a yield of up to 83% when starting from actual plastic waste The whole reaction happened in under 48 hours, with no detectable toxic byproducts
- Bacteria Turn Plastic Waste into Sustainable Paracetamol
Scientists are now exploring just that, using engineered bacteria to convert plastic waste into the active ingredient in paracetamol In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature Chemistry , researchers at the University of Edinburgh demonstrated a novel process that merges chemistry and biology
- Researchers engineer bacteria to convert plastic into paracetamol
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a new method to produce paracetamol using plastic waste as a starting point By genetically engineering Escherichia coli , the researchers were able to convert terephthalic acid, an intermediate obtained from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, into the common painkiller through microbial fermentation
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