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Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from plastic in world first

By Godfrey Kyazze, Professor of Sustainable Bioprocess Engineering, University of Westminster
Merin T Pereira, PhD Candidate, Applied Biotechnology, University of Westminster

Scientists have shown that plastic bottles could be converted into levodopa, an important Parkinson’s drug, with implications for both medicine and the environment.

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