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From the Ted Talk by Adam Garske: How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world

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So that was a little bit about ______. Now I'm going to move to the ___________. When I read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — by the way, that's, like, this huge island of plastic, somewhere between California and Hawaii — and about microplastics pretty much everywhere, it's upsetting. Plastics aren't going away _______ soon. But _______ may help us in this area as well. Recently, ________ producing plastic-degrading enzymes were discovered. Efforts are already underway to ______ improved versions of these enzymes. At the same time, there are enzymes that have been discovered and that are being optimized to make non-petroleum-derived biodegradable plastics.

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  1. health
  2. design
  3. environment
  4. enzymes
  5. bacteria
  6. anytime

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So that was a little bit about health. Now I'm going to move to the environment. When I read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — by the way, that's, like, this huge island of plastic, somewhere between California and Hawaii — and about microplastics pretty much everywhere, it's upsetting. Plastics aren't going away anytime soon. But enzymes may help us in this area as well. Recently, bacteria producing plastic-degrading enzymes were discovered. Efforts are already underway to design improved versions of these enzymes. At the same time, there are enzymes that have been discovered and that are being optimized to make non-petroleum-derived biodegradable plastics.

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