symboom
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Chemists turn alcohol into amino acids, the building blocks of life.
I think the lovers of ethanol would like this more uses for the precious firewater I think ethanol is second to water as one of the most useful
chemicals/solvents
https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/conve...
[Edited on 29-6-2020 by symboom]
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Chemorg42
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Very impressive.
Does anyone know how this was done specifically?
Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood a single word. (attributed to Niels Bohr)
I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. (Richard Feynman)
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Link is buried in the article. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0482-8
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The reverse -
Biological Conversion of Amino Acids to Higher Alcohols
https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(19)30023-X.pdf
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