A variant of an enzyme has been created by a group of scientists and engineers from the University of Texas and was found beneficial in dissolving plastic waste at a fast rate. This enzyme is able to dissolve plastics that naturally need centuries to degrade to do it within several […]
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Carbios Is Changing the Recycling Game: Breaking Down Plastic Bottles Using Leaf Enzyme
In 2020, GNN reported that the French company Carbios had taken an enzyme from decomposing leaves and adapted it to be able to decompose plastic. Their hopeful project is already happening at the demonstration plant at Clermont-Ferrand. The company is presenting the recycling process and showing it can help achieve […]
New Hope for Babies without Immune System with Promising Gene Therapy Breakthrough
An international research team from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the UCLA developed a promising gene therapy which treated 48 out of 50 kids with a form of serious immunodeficiency that practically leaves them without an immunity. Caused by adenosine deaminase deficiency, also known as ADA-SCID, is a […]