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TWST: May we start with a short introduction of what Yulex does?Mr. Martin: Yulex Corporation is a bioscience company involved in the agriculture and medical business and has commercialized the only U.S. source of natural rubber and natural rubber latex from a raw crop called Guayule. Until now, the only commercial source of natural rubber in the world came from the Brazilian rubber tree.
TWST: What are its applications, and will it replace natural rubber?
Mr. Martin: The rubber produced from Guayule is identical from a chemical
standpoint to the rubber produced from the Brazilian rubber tree, which is grown
in Southeast Asia, which is a cis-1,4-polyisoprene. So, essentially any natural
rubber products made from that tree can be made from Guayule.
We are currently working with medical device manufacturers who manufacture
medical gloves, catheters, condoms, dental dams and a variety of specialty
products because the proteins contained in Guayule latex are different than the
dangerous proteins in tropical rubber. People that have developed severe latex
allergies to tropical rubber do not have reactions to Guayule latex and Guayule
latex is safe in the operating room and other critical care areas of a hospital.
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