Engineered yeast yields sustainable plastic substitute

Tuesday 17 Mar 15
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A research team at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability led by Irina Borodina has engineered yeast to produce a chemical that can replace fossil–based acrylics, which are used for making nappies, paints, and various plastic materials. From left: Svetlana, Niels, Jérôme, Kanchana and Irina.

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