Unclonable tags to secure drug authenticity
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2020-01-16

Purdue University researchers are aiming to stump counterfeiters with an edible “security tag” embedded into medicine. 

The tag acts as a digital fingerprint for each drug capsule or tablet, using an authentication technique called “physical unclonable functions,” or PUF, that was originally developed for information and hardware security. 

Full Story:   http://bit.ly/edible-tag

Featured Purdue Engineers: 

Young Kim, Associate Professor 
Jung Woo Leem, Postdoctoral Associate
Both in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University 

Includes photos by Jung Woo Leem
Music: "Peaceful Mind" by Borrtex via Creative Commons

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