A new company spawned by McMaster University innovation has received a grant to develop a new technology for keeping liquid mRNA vaccines safe and viable without the deep-freeze that is necessary today for storing and transporting such vaccines.
The research is part of an ongoing, broader effort to establish McMaster as a centre for the development of real-time sensors, pathogen-repellent materials and other products that improve food safety.
TTCI will contribute up to US$300,000 over two years to commercialize a bacteria-detecting patch that signals when food has been spoiled, created in 2018 by a McMaster team.