Researchers Use Microbes to Convert Urine into Valuable Hydroxyapatite
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Summary
Researchers have developed a process using genetically modified yeast to convert human urine into hydroxyapatite, a valuable material used in surgery and dentistry for bone and teeth repair.
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Commercially manufactured hydroxyapatite is used in surgery and dentistry to repair these structures when they’re broken, and the lightweight material’s remarkab
Engineered yeast can produce artificial bone and other materials while lowering the cost of wastewater management
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