Maryam Soomro, Founder - Black Phosphorus Saves Lives

Angel-Scale Biotech: Learn More Bacterial growth in an IV caused a kid to lose his legs. Shocked by the tragedy, young physician Maryam Soomro began researching solutions. Her startup, TuCann, now uses black phosphorus tech from RMIT, Australia's MIT, to fight infection. Heartening! Sponsored by Purdue University entreprenuership and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson. Highlights: Sal Daher Introduces Maryam Soomro The IV Issue Black Phosphorus: How it Works Using Reactive Oxygen Species to Eliminate Bacterial Infection Creating a Startup: Where to Begin Where Will TuCann be Based? Getting a License For Use of Materials How TuCann Came About From Research to Entrepreneurship Topics: biotech, techstars, discovering entrepreneurship