Rapid, low-cost tests can help prevent child deaths from contaminated medicinal syrups

Published on December 4, 2025

Researchers at the University of Oxford and their collaborators have demonstrated that simple, rapid, and inexpensive tests can detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups - contaminants that have tragically led to the deaths of hundreds of children worldwide.
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