Snail slime makes good cough syrup

Some of the snails being bred at JKUAT. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

Snail slime will soon be administered as a cough syrup as Kenyan scientists race against time to develop the medication.

Scientists at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) have embarked on the process of developing a new syrup from readily available snails in the country.