WHAT ARE WE DOING?/
We are University College London's iGEM team. We are using Synthetic Biology to combat Dye Pollution.
AZO-DYESAre 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
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