Aptamer-Based Detection Kit for Cocaine and Other Drugs
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation , Nanomedicine on November 14, 2006
Scientists have developed DNA-gold nanoparticle based detection kit for the detection of cocaine and other drugs in the saliva, 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
Tags: cocaine drug+detection diagnostic+kit drug+test biotech cocaine+other detection+cocaine other+drugs
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center drug rehab treatment
(06/26/07 12:44pm)
I am really glad to hear this, finally it's done. I don't think we shall see its effects right away, but i am sure in a near future this kit will have great results.
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residential drug rehabs
(07/06/08 1:56pm)
Wow! This kit sounds like it might actually work with cocaine addiction.
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