[podcast] Stopping Sweat at the Source with a Model for Bioactive Antiperspirants

May 2nd, 2019

Rachel Grabenhofer with Torsten Ertongur-Fauth, Ph.D., BRAIN AG

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What's the secret to stopping sweat at the source? First, you need to understand the actual source. That's what Torsten Ertongur-Fauth, Ph.D., of BRAIN AG, and colleagues set out to do. Their preliminary work on a biological model won them the Applied Research Award during the most recent IFSCC.

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