Scientists at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have found a way to transform discarded plastic bottles into L-DOPA, one of the most widely used medicines for Parkinson’s disease. Using engineered E. coli bacteria, they converted PET plastic into the drug through a biological process—turning waste into a valuable resource for sustainable medicine production.
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Plastikflaschen werden mithilfe von Bakterien zu Parkinson-Medizin

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Forschende der University of Edinburgh in Schottland haben eine Methode entwickelt, um mithilfe genetisch veränderter E.-coli-Bakterien weggeworfene Plastikflaschen in L-DOPA umzuwandeln – eines der wichtigsten Medikamente gegen Parkinson.

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