The result is enhanced Autoradiography (EA), a new method of detecting very small levels of radioactivity. A special wax cuts the time taken to obtain experimental results from many weeks to several days or less.
And the spin-off benefit is that Frank's EA-Wax product was chosen to be one of 202 Millennium Products which will allow him to exhibit in the Millennium Dome.
Frank explained: "Scientists and researchers who wish to analyse biological samples will separate the sample into its individual molecules. By giving each molecule a radioactive label when you separate them, you can look for the radioactivity."
"The big problem was that the radioactivity was extremely difficult to detect and there is no equipment available that could give fast, accurate and quantifiable results."
"Using my new Enhanced Autoradiography requires no capital equipment (which is great news for the Third World countries), solves all the problems and is easy to use."
Once he had refines his product, Frank patented it and set about the process of producing and marketing the wax. He approached the Cambuslang Project and South Lanarkshire Council for help.
They helped him set up EA Biotech in the Strathclyde Business Centre in Flemington. It was the Product that encouraged him to apply for the Millennium Product status - an honour that has only been given to, as far as Frank's aware, six products in Scotland. His wax is certainly the only Millennium Product in Lanarkshire!
He said: "The Council were great. They gave me a Business Venture Fund grant of £4,800 which helped me equip my office. The Cambuslang Project gave me lots of advice on where to got for grants and helped me find premises."
"Once I have the factory up and running, I will eventually employ between eight and ten people."