Sunlight gives life to all, and now it’s being used to save lives. Researchers have developed a low-cost, solar-powered cure for jaundice that could save thousands of newborns in impoverished countries. Whereas traditional treatments for jaundice use incubators under UV lights, this new option relies on plastic film sheets that filter in blue wavelengths from sunlight needed to treat the condition. The disease, which is known to cause brain damage and other disabilities, affects 60 percent of all newborns, the majority of those being in sub-Saharan Africa. Now countries with little to no access to electricity can treat newborns with this inexpensive treatment powered by the sun.
Filtered sunlight could save thousands of newborns living with jaundice
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