Nobel prize awarded for evolving green chemistry catalysts

By Ida Emilie Steinmark2018-11-05T14:54:00

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New enzymes work as ‘greener’ catalysts in chemical industry

Directed evolution is a biochemical hack, a way to massively speed up and guide evolution to produce the best possible solutions. The end goal is to employ new enzymes as catalysts in the chemical industry. It could be one of the main ways to realise the green overhaul of the chemical industry.

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