Imagine switching on a light at home that can disable airborne allergens within minutes. The unstoppable sneezing, itchy skin and swollen eyes finally ease up. Well, a team at the University of Colorado Boulder found that it actually is that easy. The team found that common allergens found in homes, such as allergens from cats, dogs and dust mites, can be disabled by simply switching on a UV light. “The wavelengths of UV light disrupt the protein and denature it, and the body no longer recognizes it as an intruder,” engineering professor Mark Hernandez[cq comment="professor in what field??" ] said[cq comment="cq" ]. Allergens are made out of protein[cq almost all allergens are proteins" ], Hernandez said, which the body sees as an intruder, thus initiating an immune response even though th

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