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- | < | + | <p>We are University College London's iGEM team. We are using Synthetic Biology to combat Dye Pollution.</p> |
+ | <h2>AZO-DYES</h2> | ||
+ | <p>Are the most common synthetic dye and are used everywhere, from food colouring to clothes. You're probably wearing clothes dyed with Azo-Dyes! But, when they get into waste water they're very toxic. Our team is engineering bacteria that degrade these dyes, using enzymes, to make them colourless and less harmful to the environment</p> | ||
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