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.
McMaster University researchers are racing to create a home-based COVID-19 testing kit, which could potentially be ready to move forward for approvals and manufacturing within months.
Researcher Yingfu Li raised money to send protective gear to hospitals in China at the height of the COVID-19 crisis there. Now, scientists in China are pitching in to buy protective gear for front-line medical workers in Hamilton.