Dasia Taylor has juiced about three dozen beets in the last 18 months. The root vegetables, she’s found, provide the perfect dye for her invention: suture thread that changes color, from bright red to dark purple, when a surgical wound becomes infected. (Via Smithsonian Magazine)

She's gone on to found her own medical company VariegateHealth and be featured as one of USA Today's
2023 Women of the Year.