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SIU researchers discover way to covert plastic to food
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Modified yeast turns PET plastic waste into 3D-printed snacks
The chemical composition of a plastic soda bottle and a piece of steak share a fundamental building block: carbon. The challenge has always been that plastic carbon is locked in an inert, synthetic polymer chain that biology cannot touch. Now, chemists from Southern Illinois University (SIU) have demonstrated a way to unlock it, turning polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into edible protein through a process of biological upcycling. The central te…
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