Apr 30, 2026

Canatu brings its carbon nanotube technology into animal health and diagnostics through the VALABio project

Canatu is expanding its carbon nanotube (CNT) technology into animal health and diagnostics through the VALABio project, applying its sensor platform in a new biological context.

The VALABio project (VALorization of Animal‑based By‑products into BIOactive innovations), coordinated by the University of Helsinki and supported by Business Finland Veturi funding, brings together academic and industrial partners to develop new ways to refine valuable bioactive ingredients from dairy and meat industry side streams. The project focuses on bioactive peptides, collagen‑based ingredients and milk‑derived extracellular vesicles, aiming to improve resource efficiency, support the circular economy and enable early diagnostic solutions for production‑animal health, food systems and future health applications.

The project combines advanced nanotechnology with extracellular vesicle research to enable earlier and more sensitive diagnostics—marking an important step in the Carbon Age program’s journey into new application domains.

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The Carbon Age follows the Silicon Age as advanced carbon nanomaterials replace legacy materials at the forefront of technological progress. The program accelerates the transformation with advanced carbon nanotubes, Canatu CNT, enabling heightened performance with greater energy-efficiency.

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Carbon nanotubes have taken a key role in the transition from the Silicon Age to the Carbon Age, due to their exceptional electrical, mechanical and optical properties that outperform conventional materials. Canatu CNT is a platform proven in mass production and an ideal building block for tech breakthroughs.

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Themes of the Carbon Age are applications where CNT-based materials have the potential to unlock significant performance advantages and enable new capabilities that conventional materials cannot achieve.