Weird chemistry
Smoking & nicotine -eating bacteria
If you're having trouble quitting smoking ,help may be at hand in the not-too-distant future
Researchers have used an enzyme from bacteria known to help degrade tobacco-based waste to help break down nicotine in blood samples in the lap tests,the enzyme was able
To break down all of the nicotine in the blood samples within 30 minutes
By breaking down the nicotine,it is prevented from being maintained at an effective concentration in the brain ,and could therefore help prevent the addictive ness of smoking taking hold. No ill effects were noticed in mice tested with the enzyme.