Paper-based device spots falsified or degraded medications
Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
The developing world is awash in substandard, degraded or falsified medications, which can either directly harm users or deprive them of needed treatment. And with internet sales of medications on the rise, people everywhere are increasingly at risk. So, a team of researchers has developed a simple, inexpensive paper-based device to screen suspicious medications.