BELGIAN SCIENTISTS BIOENGINEER TEXTILES TO CREATE SPECIAL MEDICAL PROPERTIES
February 2nd, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BELGIUM-coordinated research project, part-funded by the European Union, has developed novel ways of introducing enzymes into textile materials, giving them special biotechnological properties. The BIOTIC project (biotechnical functionalisation of (bio)polymeric textile surfaces), headed by the University of Ghent, worked on modifying and functionalising polyethylene terephthalate (PET) textile materials, altering their chemo-enzymatic surfaces and incorporating biocatalysts into fibres. A European Commission note said: "BIOTIC has worked ...
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