Article | REF: N2560 V2

Bioactive and biologically active textiles

Author: François BORDES

Publication date: May 10, 2016

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7. Conclusion

These technical textiles, designed to improve personal hygiene, will be used more and more.

In fact, their effectiveness is beginning to be recognized:

  • by the medical profession: at Strasbourg hospital, for example, studies are underway to observe the influence of a room with bedding treated against dust mites, on patients suffering from asthma and allergic to dust mites;

  • by the WHO, which stresses the importance of insecticide-treated nets in the fight against malaria and in reducing mortality;

  • by consumers, for whom buying odor-resistant clothing has become a matter of course.

At present, the challenges facing research laboratories are :

  • validation of active (virus-destroying)...

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