Unlocking Melanin’s Biotech Potential for Global Innovation
Scalable melanin bioproduction is here.
With its radiation-shielding properties, melanin paves the way for novel biomaterials to protect humans and electronics against dangerous radiation.
As a renewable, organic source for heat capture, melanin can transform heating systems for cold climates. Melanin’s ability to absorb solar radiation can improve passive heat capture systems to be more efficient and sustainable.
Melanin is an organic semiconductor and it’s unique electrical properties are already used in melanin batteries. Coupled with solar absorption and radiation shielding, the possibilities are endless for innovative bioelectronics.
An Exciting Moment For Science
Melanin is costly — even more expensive than gold. MelaTech is creating a sustainable process to mass-produce melanin without the exponential price tag. Using the power of fungi, we can grow and produce melanin on a large scale. The patented process is easily transportable, too.
We’re creating biomaterials that mimic melanin biology for the benefit of society. Melanin is biocompatible, which means it can work with nature. For example, it can be used to protect patients’ healthy tissue during radiation treatment or create UV-shielding fabrics and coatings.
Sustainable melanin production can provide protection in occupations with radiation exposure. We’re creating a safer life for astronauts, first responders, healthcare workers, military, scientists, plant workers, and cancer patients.
For the first time, NASA sent melanin to outer space. This mission tests the ability of melanin to protect against space radiation and withstand the harsh space environment that makes it uninhabitable to humans. We’re advancing the quest for humans to explore and occupy space.
Melanin is costly — even more expensive than gold. MelaTech is creating a sustainable process to mass-produce melanin without the exponential price tag. Using the power of fungi, we can grow and produce melanin on a large scale. The patented process is easily transportable, too.
We’re creating biomaterials that mimic melanin biology for the benefit of society. Melanin is biocompatible, which means it can work with nature. For example, it can be used to protect patients’ healthy tissue during radiation treatment or create UV-shielding fabrics and coatings.
Sustainable melanin production can provide protection in occupations with radiation exposure. We’re creating a safer life for astronauts, first responders, healthcare workers, military, scientists, plant workers, and cancer patients.
For the first time, NASA sent melanin to outer space. This mission tests the ability of melanin to protect against space radiation and withstand the harsh space environment that makes it uninhabitable to humans. We’re advancing the quest for humans to explore and occupy space.
INVEST IN THE FUTURE
THROUGH THE POWER OF MELANIN.
About MelaTech
MelaTech was founded in 2017 by scientists with a passion for melanin biology and biotech applications to revolutionize humanity’s relationship with our planet and beyond. We recently received the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I and Phase II awards and are collaborating with global leaders in research and discovery, including NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, and Johns Hopkins University.
