Mitigation of persistent harmful compounds
OwnerSuzanne F. Scarlata, Maxwell Markey +3inventors
InventorsSuzanne F. Scarlata, Maxwell Markey, Carissa Olsen, Madison Rennie, Mark Xatse
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Abstract
A method of mitigating and rehabilitating soil and land areas contaminated with forever chemicals such as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl) based toxins involves manipulating genetic nucleotides of carrier organisms for expressing an enzyme reactive with the forever chemicals for rendering them benign. The carrier organisms pass the modified DNA that enables the enzyme to subsequent generations for maintaining an active population of enzyme-expressing organisms, typically worms, once introduced.
Claims17
A method for mitigating and degrading a toxic substance, comprising:
- identifying an enzyme having an affinity for a target substance;
- forming a nucleic sequence vector associated with the identified enzyme;
- introducing the nucleic sequence vector into an organism;
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- expressing the enzyme in the presence of the toxic substance via replication of a nucleic acid sequence including the nucleic sequence vector in the organism.
A system for mitigating and degrading a toxic substance, comprising:
- an enzyme having an affinity for a target substance;
- a nucleic sequence vector associated with the identified enzyme;
- an injection mechanism for introducing the nucleic sequence vector into an organism, the organism adapted for expressing the enzyme in the presence of the toxic substance via replication of a nucleic acid sequence including the nucleic sequence vector in the organism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.