A new grant is helping McMaster engineers and a Toronto precision-medicine diagnostics company to get infection-testing technology to market while generating opportunities for students.
Leyla Soleymani and Tohid Didar, who invented a plastic surface that repels bacteria and viruses, have earned top prize in a design competition that drew 750 entries from 60 countries around the world.
Using a "smart surface," researchers at McMaster University and SQI Diagnostics have developed a way to detect Interleukin-6, a cytokine produced in COVID-19 infections whose concentrations can offer vital information about a patient’s level and stage of infection.
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