AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY IMAGE: A BACTERIAL ENZYME (CRYSTAL STRUCTURE SHOWN HERE) MAKES A NEW TYPE OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, ACHOLETIN, WHICH MIGHT SOMEDAY FIND USE IN DRUG DELIVERY, TISSUE ENGINEERING OR OTHER APPLICATIONS. CREDIT: ADAPTED FROM ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022, DOI: 10.1021/ACSCENTSCI.1C01570 Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of...
