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A newly discovered enzyme is helping scientists perform a rare chemical reaction once considered out of reach, potentially paving the way for a new generation of antibiotics, cancer therapies, and sustainable materials.
By the time Dr Cheng Zhang and his colleagues at AIBN joined CSIRO’s ON Prime program, their PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or ‘forever chemicals’) sorbent was already showing promise in the lab. What they hadn’t yet figured out was how to make it matter outside of it. 

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