Biosignal: A Biomimetic Defense Against Bacteria
by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 03.25.06
An Australian company has developed a technology which is based on observations of the seaweed Delicia Pulchra. Professors Staffan Kjelleberg and Peter Steinberg noticed that the seaweed was rarely covered in biofilms (bacterial colonies). They established that the seaweed uses natural chemicals, furanones, to keep it free of biofilms. The furanones jam cell-to-cell signaling systems that are pivotal to the ability of bacteria to form and maintain biofilms. The researchers founded a company, Biosignal, which is now developing products that disrupts "biofilms" without killing bacterial.
Biosignal is applying the technology to antibacterial paints, as well as other applications from contact lenses to cosmetics.
You can read more about Biosignal in this Science Daily article.
:: Via E Magazine
Wow, for a second there I thought I was reading about two scientists who made a discovery and were thinking of developing products for the good of humankind. Where are the scientists that don't start companies to sell their discoveries to the pharmaceutical/cosmetics "industry"???
I don't have a problem with these scientists "selling out". If they can get a nice, steady source of income, then they can focus their time on other projects without worrying about funding; look at Dean Kamen.
The stock is .22. I don't think they sold out.