An imaginary fluorescent tattoo which glows when an animal contracts foot-and-mouth disease has won two young Oxford scientists second place in a national competition.
The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme challenged research students to draw up a business plan for an imaginary company.
The tattoo company, Fluoromed, was founded by Tamasin Graham, an anthropologist studying Roman culture, and Radha Nair, a student at the zoology department's behavioural ecology research group.
Their imaginary virus-sensing tattoo, called VirAlert, would allow diagnosis using a hand-held device.
Ms Nair said: "With VirAlert, a diagnosis can be made in seconds."
They also received a prize from patent lawyers Eric Potter Clarkson for best consideration of intellectual property.
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