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Can SynBio reduce drug overdose?

Thousands die each year from drugs that are contaminated with dangerous cutting agents or other more potent drugs. In addition, there has been a rise in accidental overdoses from users not knowing the purity of the drugs they consume.

As students living in Edinburgh, a city often dubbed "the drug capital of Europe", this problem is very close to our hearts. Fear of controversy and misunderstanding is no excuse for turning a blind eye to the many in dire need of help, and we believe that we possess the necessary resources, skills and desire to confront this problem in a responsible and thoughtful manner.

Yes. Our work shows this is possible.

We are creating a cell- free paper-based biosensor that can provide a user with a better understanding of the composition of their drugs. Our biosensor will detect lethal contaminants and give a quantitative analysis of purity, red-lighting dangerously high purity levels, providing valuable information to users that could potentially save lives .

Multiple tests will be integrated into one easy to use, portable and cheap biosensor. This summer we will focus on the development of three tests: Heroin Purity, PMA detection, DNP in Diet Pills.