This ‘living plastic’ activates and self-destructs on command (IMAGE)

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This ‘living plastic’ activates and self-destructs on command

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A living plastic with a pair of cooperative, plastic-busting enzymes degraded the material completely within six days.

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Adapted from ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c04611

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