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RIT student wins HackMIT with low-cost medicine testing device
A Rochester Institute of Technology student has won HackMIT, the prominent student hackathon, with a low-cost device for testing medicines. The project aims to make medicine quality checks affordable and accessible, addressing concerns about counterfeit or substandard drugs. Details of the student's name, the team and how the device works have not yet been widely reported.
Why now: A student invention that could make medicine safety testing cheaply available is striking news, especially for regions affected by counterfeit drugs.
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