In the News

Recent news articles and publications


  • NAF presents at the 2022 iC3 Life Science Summit

    ... a selenium based antimicrobial cotton, developed by Dr. Noureddine Abidi, Dr. Tran Phat, Dr. Ted Reid and Dr. Nicholas Bergfeld, MD MPP from Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ...

  • NAF Receives award funding from the Innovation Hub at Research Park

    ... This year, the Prototype Fund has awarded five startups with between $5,000 and $25,000 ... awardees include students and faculty from Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), as well as members of the community ...

  • Publication in the Texas Tech University Flintbox

    ... Researchers have developed a technique for annealing selenium compounds to cotton material/fiber/yarn during the dying process resulting in an antimicrobial material. The process can be used with minimal changes to the existing manufacturing processes for cotton materials resulting in an easy and low cost application of the process...