Guayule Blog

More than 22,000 people from around the globe, representing companies that make drugs, diagnostics, medical devices, research tools and products to drive development of alternative fuels, gathered at the annual meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization in San Diego June 17-20.
Invited Yulex CEO participated in a seminar titled ‘Taking Clean Tech to the Next Level’ [...]

A book telling the dramatic story about the search for a domestic (U.S.) rubber crop between the Mexican Revolution of 1911 and World War II is currently in production. Author Mark Finlay will examine the efforts to develop a domestic source of natural rubber, particularly guayule, and show it as an essential economic resource and as [...]

TechDevice Corp. has introduced minimally invasive medical balloons made out of guayule. Medical Product Manufacturing News calls this a BREAKTHROUGH because now balloon catheters with desirable characteristics such as tensile strength and durability are available without the hevea latex health risk. See the article here. 

The first medical device made from guayule natural rubber has just been cleared to market by the FDA. This is very exciting news for individuals with latex allergies and medical institutions becoming latex-safe! Soon we’ll be seeing guayule catheters, guayule dental dams, guayule everything. Here’s one article I found about the 510(k) clearance from [...]

Check out the full article on Wall Street Journal online.
Recent hospitals such as Johns Hopkins Hospital are getting rid of all latex gloves and almost all latex products. The article talks about hospitals going ‘latex-safe’ and the pros and cons associated with it. Here’s an excerpt:
“Johns Hopkins is also working with Maricopa, Ariz.-based Yulex Inc., [...]