Artificial metabolism turns waste CO2 into useful chemicals
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025
EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 22 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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Artificial metabolism turns waste CO2 into useful chemicals
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* New system successfully transforms simple carbon molecules into acetyl-CoA
* A building block of life, acetyl-CoA can be used to make a variety of materials
* To build the system, scientists screened 66 enzymes and 3,000 enzyme variants
* Enz . . .
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Artificial metabolism turns waste CO2 into useful chemicals
*
* New system successfully transforms simple carbon molecules into acetyl-CoA
* A building block of life, acetyl-CoA can be used to make a variety of materials
* To build the system, scientists screened 66 enzymes and 3,000 enzyme variants
* Enz . . .
