Aptamer-Based Detection Kit for Cocaine and Other Drugs
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation , Nanomedicine by ruth on November 14, 2006

, urine or blood."Building upon our earlier work with lead (Pb) sensors, we constructed colorimetric sensors that are based on the lateral flow separation of aptamer-linked nanostructures," said Yi Lu, a chemistry professor at the U. of I., and a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
Preliminary tests demonstrated the aptamer-based dipstick technology in detecting adenosine and cocain in human blood serum. According to the researchers, these detection kits may find applications as a drug test for use in emergency rooms, where convenient and quick diagnotic tests are necessary.
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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