A hair strand drug test screens for illicit drug use and the misuse of prescription medication. Though commonly called a “hair follicle test,” this drug test only tests clipped strands of hair ...

Hair follicle drug tests involve removing a small hair sample for laboratory testing. Results can show if a person has been using certain drugs or prescription medications in the previous 3 months.

the companies with direct DFCS contracts actually subcontract the drug screen lab work to Averhealth and Expertox. The labs perform urine and hair follicle testing. DFCS seeks both kinds because ...

"The model has the advantage that we can test new drug candidates in the hair follicle microenvironment at an early stage of development without having to resort to animal testing," says Samy Aliyazdi ...

In the future, this model can be used to test the effectiveness of new drug candidates against corresponding pathogens directly on human follicles. Hair follicle infections are often difficult to ...