Some Assembly Required: Making Stronger Gloves

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Strong and stretchier than latex, quayule could be the solution to the natural rubber shortage. Dr. Katrina Cornish, with the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, researches and produces gloves with this hypoallergenic rubber substitute in her CFAES lab.