Edible QR Code Can Be the Medicine of the Future (VIDEO)

University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for the production of medicine. They print medical drugs in QR coded patterns onto an edible material. The production can be tailored to fit each patient and has the potential to protect against wrong medication and fake medicine according to the researchers.

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