Flu stop with textiles only
Filed in archive Technology on February 12, 2007
"We have many exciting opportunities to use these proprietary coatings to stop infection before it causes disease and death," says Tom Roberg
Sounds like a huge new market that connects the Pharmacy and the fashion market. The collaboration by researchers at North Carolina State University College of Textiles and Emory University School of Medicine found a new method to stop a flu with light. That technology is able to kill 99.9 percent of influenza viruses and 99.99 percent of vaccinia virus.
With such an easy idea the StartUp was already able to raise more than $400,000 in seed financing from North Carolina angel investors.
Via NC State Start-Up Looks to Turn 'Lights Out' on Flu, Other Viruses

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