Biological Sciences Division
Research Highlights

September 2010

Looking for Secrets to Drug Addiction in Our Blood

A new collaboration between the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing hopes to improve on drug tests for illicit drug use and abuse. Not only are the researchers looking for a better indicator of current or past use, but they'd like to be able to identify people prone to abusing drugs in the first place.

For more information, see the PNNL news release.