Good idea: convert plastic into parkinsons meds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/plastic-bottles-transformed-parkinsons-drug-b2939376.html

Plastic bottles have been transformed into a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease using bacteria, a study has shown.

It is the first time a natural, biological process has been used to turn plastic waste, which would otherwise end up in landfill, into a drug for a neurological disease to help improve people’s lives.

Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-026-01785-z

#parkinsons, #bacteria, #plasticwaste