By putting a carbon atom in place of a core oxygen, chemists constructed an opioid that blocks pain with less respiratory ...

E. coli is capable of turning plastic waste into paracetamol and could offer a new and sustainable production method, says ...

Researchers in the UK have devised a very clever method using genetically modified E. coli to convert PET plastic waste into ...

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

Plastic pills. The bacteria Escherichia coli or E.coli, common in the gut microbiome, can be used to break down plastic into paracetamol, according to a study published in the jou ...

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have engineered genetically modified Escherichia coli bacteria to convert terephthalic acid, derived from PET plastic waste, into paracetamol. This ...

Molecular structure of tuberculosis efflux pump reveals how bacteria resist key antibiotic by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

The structure showed 12 transmembrane helices in two pseudo-symmetric bundles and two periplasmic subdomains. Experiments showed that the coiled-coil domain, whose predicted model extends from one of ...

Israeli study finds acetaminophen drug works by first blocking pain in nerves In breakthrough, Hebrew University researchers say painkiller, in use since the 1950s, acts like a local anesthetic ...

Patients have been instructed to return certain batches of paracetamol due to contamination concerns, according to an announcement made today.