H2020Индивидуална стипендия2017–2019

NARCOREADER · Novel electrochemical strategies for rapid, on-site multiscreening of illicit drugs

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2017-05-01 → 2019-04-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 160 800 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Електрохимични методи за бързо откриване на забранени вещества, например в багаж или слюнка, се разработват за по-точни резултати от сегашните цветни тестове. Това помага за по-ефективен контрол на границите и по-добро управление на проблемите с наркоманията.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Novel electrochemical strategies for rapid, on-site multiscreening of illicit drugs

The project aims at developing fast and accurate methods for the detection of illicit drugs in-the-field, based on electrochemcistry, to address the negative effects of drug trafficking and abuse on human health and worldwide economy. European customs services in the harbours and national airports are important points of entry of drugs to the european markets and thus are keen to monitor passing cargo, luggage and people for the presence of illicit drugs. Currently, colour tests are mostly used for on-site screening of drugs. However they produce only qualitative results (yes/no) and give a high number of false positive and false negative results. In this light, there is a need for better testing systems able to quickly and accurately detect illicit drugs at borders. A sensing strategy based on electrochemistry would overcome the issues related to colour tests, as it would reveal the unique "fingerprint" of each illicit drug as a voltammetric response, allowing at the same time its quantification. It would allow to quickly and accurately detect illicit drugs at borders (to allow imediate action to stop drugs entering the european markets) and in biological samples, such as saliva (to verify drug use by drivers of vehicles, employees at workplaces or to initiate drug screening programs in medical labs for the general public). This will lead to a better overall management of the issues related to illicit drugs use.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Drug use continues to be a problem of major concern for public authorities worldwide. According to the World Drug Report elaborated by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) approximately 207,000 drug-related deaths occur per year. With between 162 million and 324 million people aged 15-64 having used an illicit drug — mainly substances belonging to canabinoids, opioids, cocaine or amphetamine-type stimulants group — at least once in the previous year, drug abuse continues to have devastating consequences on human health. The methods currently used to identify illicit drugs, such as colour tests, lack selectivity, and need further confirmation by expensive and time consuming chromatography-mass spectrometry methods, thus it is imperative to develop new sensing technologies that allow a fast, sensitive and selective detection of illicit drugs. This project proposes to develop novel, inexpensive and portable multisensing devices adapted for the rapid on-site screening of a number of illicit drugs, using recent advances in biomimetic materials coupled with electrochemistry. The multisensing devices will facilitate (1) detection and capturing illicit drugs crossing borders and (2) identification of drug users (e.g. drivers of vehicles at roadside, employees at work places, prisoners). In addition to rapidity and high selectivity of the detection, the sensing strategies will also give informations about (1) the type of drug and cutting agents (2) amount of drug present in biological samples. Moreover, the strategies employed will bring insights for better understanding of biomimicking nanoplatforms leading to more efficient technologies in health and biotech. The achievement of the actions goal will lead to reducing the incidence and prevalence of illicit drugs use and to a better management of drug-related problems with high societal impact. The underlying technologies will open doors for a broader range of applications.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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