Scientists engineer bacteria to turn plastic waste into painkillers

Genetically modified E. coli converted broken-down plastic bottles into acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and Panadol.

Tales of turning water into wine or weaving straw into gold are one thing, but a new study shows that scientists can transform trash into . . . Tylenol?


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