Waste Plastic Turned into Parkinson’s Drug

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A drug to treat Parkinson’s disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a new study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a frontline medication for the neurological disorder. It’s the first time a biological process has achieved this, and the scientists behind […]

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