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Researchers have devised a way to upcycle waste into the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA

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Associate professor Yan Ning and assistant professor Zhou Kang from NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering led the team that devised a method to turn shells from prawns and crabs into L-DOPA, a common drug for treating Parkinson’s disease. A similar method can convert wood waste to proline, which is essential for the formation of healthy collagen and cartilage

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Ever wonder why your new batch of L-Dopa is not working so well? Lol

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Why would we be the ones to get the crappy stuff??

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