UCSD tool can spot more than 4,000 drugs, a boon to patient care

UCSD tool can spot more than 4,000 drugs, a boon to patient care

A new digital library based at UC San Diego aims to massively increase the number of drugs that can be easily detected in samples collected from patients, potentially allowing doctors and researchers to delve more deeply not just into what individuals may have taken or have been exposed to, but also into how those substances interact with each other in the body. A paper published online Tuesday in the scientific journal Nature Communications des…

New Online Tool Detects Drug Exposure Directly from Patient Samples

Doctors and researchers try to understand what medications a person has taken by asking patients directly or by looking at medical records. But this information is often incomplete. People may forget what they took, use over-the-counter drugs, take leftover prescription drugs, buy medicines online, or be exposed unintentionally through food and the environment. As a result, significant drug exposures can be missed. Knowing what drugs are present

GNPS Drug Library Uncovers Drug Exposures Using Untargeted Metabolomics

Doctors and researchers try to understand what medications a person has taken by asking patients directly or by looking at medical records. But this information is often incomplete. People may forget what they took, use over-the-counter drugs, take leftover prescription drugs, buy medicines online, or might be exposed unintentionally through food and the environment. As a result, significant drug exposures can be missed. Knowing what drugs an in…