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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Des bouteilles plastiques transformées en médicament contre Parkinson

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Des chercheurs de l’Université d’Édimbourg, en Écosse, ont réussi à transformer des bouteilles plastiques usagées en L-DOPA, un traitement majeur contre la maladie de Parkinson, grâce à des bactéries E. coli modifiées, montrant comment des déchets peuvent devenir une ressource utile pour produire des traitements.

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