Waters and Sartorius Expand Collaboration to Deliver Comprehensive Bioanalytics for Downstream Biomanufacturing

06-Jun-2023 - Waters Corporation and Sartorius announced a new collaboration to develop integrated analytical solutions for downstream biomanufacturing, expanding their joint agreement that began with upstream bioprocessing analytics. Software and hardware integrations between the Waters™ PATROL™ ...

Scientists identify cancer biomarkers in breast milk

Proteins could one day allow breast cancer screening to be done with a blood test

07-Apr-2022 - A simple blood test for women of all ages and risk levels could one day be possible thanks to a new set of protein biomarkers that researchers identified using breast milk. “Although mammograms are a useful tool for catching breast cancer early, they aren’t typically recommended for low-risk ...

Crybaby: The vitamins in your tears

13-Jan-2017 - Babies cry easily, but those tears may help shed light on the role and potential uses of vitamins in tears. Maryam Khaksari, a research specialist at the Chemical Advanced Resolution Methods (ChARM) Laboratory at Michigan Tech, is the lead author of a paper on the subject. "Our goal was to seek ...

Here comes ‘NoBody,’ a microprotein on a mission

06-Dec-2016 - Yale researchers have helped identify a novel, functional “microprotein” encoded in the human genome, using a technique that has revealed more than 400 new proteins too tiny to be found by other means. One of those microproteins, called NoBody, is a molecular workhorse involved in sweeping out ...

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria turns immune system against itself

25-Nov-2013 - Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, including the antibiotic-resistant strain MRSA. University of Chicago scientists have recently ...

AB SCIEX Achieves ISO 13485 Certification for Manufacturing of LC/MS Systems

22-May-2012 - AB SCIEX announced that it has achieved ISO 13485 certification for its quality management system. ISO 13485 is an international standard that requires a manufacturer to demonstrate a comprehensive and compliant quality management system suitable for the design and manufacturing of medical ...

Agilent Technologies Announces New Leadership in Biological Systems Division

16-Feb-2010 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the appointments of Robert Schueren as vice president and general manager, Genomics; and John Fjeldsted, Ph.D., as general manager, Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. “The life sciences and biological systems business continues to be a key growth driver ...

PerkinElmer and VWR International join forces to create combined service solution

08-Jan-2010 - PerkinElmer, Inc., announced that OneSource®, a component of the Analytical Sciences and Laboratory Services business, has entered into an agreement with global laboratory supply and distribution company VWR International, LLC, to develop a joint service offering. The combined solution provides ...

Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets

19-Aug-2009 - In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies sweetness - one of the five primary tastes. It can identify with 100 percent ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Ensures Effective Pseudoephedrine Identification In Illicit Drug Mixtures using UHPLC/MS

04-Feb-2009 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduces a new application note that demonstrates a fast and reliable UHPLC/MS method to effectively separate and identify pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and 3,4-MDMA. The application note details UHPLC/MS methodology and instrumentation ...