RESEARCHERS at the University of Edinburgh have developed a method to convert waste plastic bottles into paracetamol using ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a process using E. coli bacteria to convert PET plastic waste into ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol, offering a sustainable new path for medicine and ...

Paracetamol production could be revolutionised by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into ...

Scientists have figured out how to turn plastic waste into the painkiller acetaminophen using specially engineered bacteria.

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

Q&A with The University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry & Sunamp Ltd. What were the biggest challenges in this project? Navigating the extensive literature that extended over a century – very few ...

Here's a rather novel way to keep trash out of landfills: engineering biologists at the University of Edinburgh have ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have successfully used bacteria to convert plastic waste into paracetamol, ...

The research team, led by Professor Stephen Wallace, utilized components from used PET plastic bottles to induce a chemical reaction in a strain of E. coli bacteria. "This study s ...

Genetically engineered bacteria have been created that can convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the polymer plastic ...