Detecting Fake Drugs With A Piece Of Paper - Headline Science

Each year, fake or substandard medications kill more than 300,000 people worldwide. Many of these falsified drugs are dispensed in developing countries, where they can either directly harm users or deprive them of needed treatment. Scientists have created a cheap and simple paper test card that can quickly screen medications in real time.


ACS Headline Science:

Executive Producer: Adam Dylewski

Video Producer: Doug Dollemore

Subscribe! http://bit.ly/AmerChemSOc
Facebook!   / americanchem.  .
Twitter!   / acspressroom  

You might also like:

ACS PUBS – JPCL Perspectives Videos:
   • Ultrafast Microscopy: Imaging Light w...  

Press Conferences #NOLA:
   • Progress toward a new flu treatment, ...  

Speaking of Chemistry:
   • How can quantum computers change chem...  

Prized Science:
   • Tobin J. Marks – Winner of the 2017 P...  

Produced by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.

Join the American Chemical Society! https://bit.ly/Join_ACS