1942–2019
Biography · Medicine
Dasia Taylor
Invented at age 17
United States
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Biography
Dasia tested natural beet dye and found it could make surgical thread change color when a wound’s chemistry suggests infection. She focused on an affordable idea that could help people with darker skin and communities with fewer resources.
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