Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have successfully transformed common plastic waste into a high-value precursor for Parkinson’s disease medication.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh deployed a specially engineered Escherichia coli bacterium to convert PET-derived ...

Not this time. This is about using plastic bottle waste to make levodopa, one of the main drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh genetically engineered E ...

Despite polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being one of the most widely recycled plastics, only about 20% of used PET bottles ...

In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can ...

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

(Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Moment/Getty Images) Scientists have found a new way to make a Parkinson's drug – out of old plastic. The plastic is polyethylene terephthalate (or PET), widely used in ...

The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a frontline medication for the ...

University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to break down plastic waste and turn it into a Parkinson's drug, advancing a new approach known as "bio-upcycling".

Abstract Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a primary target for chemical plastic recycling due to its widespread use and relatively weak ester bonds ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn waste plastic bottles into the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA, offering a ...