The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET
The funny thing is that we didn't have to teach the bacteria how to do the reaction: The trick was to realize that they already had the tools, and we just redirected them.
UK scientists to synthesise human genome to learn more about how DNA works
The Synthetic Human Genome project aims to build human genetic material from scratch over the next five years to advance medical therapies by understanding DNA better.
Scientists use bacteria to convert plastic into paracetamol
The researchers discovered that by guiding living Escherichia coli bacteria, they could trigger natural processes to transform waste into valuable medicinal compounds like paracetamol.
'Killswitch' protein lets scientists study immobilized cellular droplets
"This offers a powerful tool to selectively affect dynamic properties at each individual condensate," says Rick Young, a biologist at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts.