An Israeli startup, Sonovia Ltd., says it may have the ability to create virus resistance masks and textiles to help combat the coronavirus by using a nanotechnology process it developed to impregnate textiles with antifungal and antibacterial chemicals.
The firm says that using a patented nanotechnology process developed at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University it has managed to create masks and protective textile equipment that have proven effective in blocking the penetration of bacteria and fungus. Now, Jason Migdal, in charge of business development at the firm, says he believes the same method could also be beneficial to halt viruses, and could be effective in helping halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Migdal said the startup has sent textile samples impregnated with zinc using the same method to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, for its lab to test the efficacy of the method against viruses.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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