A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology provides compelling evidence that fingerprint-based drug screening is a reliable and effective method for detecting drugs of abuse. The research, titled “Drug Screening using the Sweat of a Fingerprint: Lateral Flow Detection of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, Cocaine, Opiates and Amphetamine,” demonstrates that the sweat residue left in…
Our Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Prof David Russell, has published a number of research papers relating to the detection of drugs and drug metabolites in fingerprint sweat: Advances in fingerprint analysis P. Hazarika and D. A. Russell Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 3524-3531. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201104313 “Multiplexed detection of metabolites of narcotic drugs from a single…
