Electrochemical-based Biosensor Assays for Detecting Drugs of Abuse in Saliva at Ultra low Levels

Drug-impaired driving represents a significant and increasing threat to the safety of Canadians and there is an urgent need for a convenient, rapid and accurate road-side testing technology for impaired driving. Current solution for roadside drug testing only provides qualitative results, while quantitative detection of drugs currently requires expensive equipment, dedicated infrastructure and specialized laboratory personnel. To address this problem, eye3concepts Inc. is teaming up with McMaster University to develop the next-generation field deployable oral fluid (saliva) drugs of abuse testing platform. In this project drug tests will be developed for the detection of methamphetamine and opiates utilizing novel nanozyme-based electrochemical biosensor technology which will allow of the tests will be available in approximately one minute. The implementation of this project will boost the growth-rate of eye3concepts Inc., create jobs in Canada, and ultimately create a global solution for real-time drug testing.

Faculty Supervisor:

Amin Reza Rajabzadeh;Seshasai Srinivasan

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Partner:

Eye3concepts Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

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