Edible, fluorescent silk tags can suss out fake medications (IMAGE)

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Edible, fluorescent silk tags can suss out fake medications

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Silkworms can produce edible, fluorescent silk cocoons (left side of left image); the proteins from the cocoons can be used in codes (right) to verify the authenticity of medications.

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Adapted from ACS Central Science 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01233

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