What if empty plastic bottle could one day become … medicine for Parkinson’s patients? Scientists have actually engineered bacteria that can turn PET plastic waste into L-DOPA, one of the most important drugs used to treat Parkinson’s. Sounds like the beginning of something huge? Definitely fascinating, if you ask me.
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I have always wondered what if we use up all the petrochemicals in the world only to later discover that there was something amazing that could have been done with them. Not burning them up in cars or power stations, or making them into plastics that go the the dump, something great, like interstellar travel or geoengineering.
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What if empty plastic bottle could one day become … medicine for Parkinson’s patients? Scientists have actually engineered bacteria that can turn PET plastic waste into L-DOPA, one of the most important drugs used to treat Parkinson’s. Sounds like the beginning of something huge? Definitely fascinating, if you ask me.
I have always wondered what if we use up all the petrochemicals in the world only to later discover that there was something amazing that could have been done with them. Not burning them up in cars or power stations, or making them into plastics that go the the dump, something great, like interstellar travel or geoengineering.