– EU RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW DRUG PRECURSOR DETECTION TECHNOLOGY
October 2nd, 2013
AN ATTEMPT to develop sensitive sensors detecting potential illicit drug precursors is being made by a European Union (EU) research project. The Euro EUR5.2 million CUSTOM project aims to develop an easy-to-use and compact system that screens for many compounds and generates few false alarms high detection rates. A project briefing note explained it will use a high data throughput sensing technique based on UV fluorescence. This is enhanced by using organic macro-molecules sensitive to specific compound classes, such as ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and P2P.The ...
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