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Next-Generation Sequencing for Disease Biomarkers
Monday, December 15, 2014
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is beginning to provide powerful insights into genetic mutations and molecular networks underlying disease for a broad set of genes. NGS technologies promise to ... read more
Book Review: The Invisible History of the Human Race
Friday, December 05, 2014
In The Invisible History of the Human Race, Dr. Christine Kenneally asks, “How does human history jive with genomics?” and “What would explain inconsistencies?” read more
SLAS2015: Come Transform Your Lab
Monday, December 01, 2014
The SLAS2015 meeting home page invites the user to “Come Transform Research,” but the meeting is much broader than just research. Applied chemistry for regulation, medical diagnostics and QA/QC is ... read more
Why You Should Know about the Excipients Search Tool
Monday, December 01, 2014
The American Pharmaceutical Review Excipients Search Tool is the first commercially accessible search tool featuring the latest excipients available for research and purchase from top excipients ... read more
Interview with Udit Batra, President and CEO, EMD Millipore
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
ER: I am aware that there have been many exciting business developments within EMD Millipore in the past year, including your appointment as CEO and President. I trust that our discussion will give ... read more
How Do You Evaluate “Flowability”? Buttermilk Ranch vs Blue Cheese
Monday, November 24, 2014
A common request from food manufacturers is to come up with a faster and more definitive test for flowability of salad dressings. read more
Volume 46, Number 9
Friday, November 21, 2014
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Friday, November 21, 2014
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Our Life and Death Relationship with Bacteria
Monday, November 17, 2014
We have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. Many are essential for life, but a few can be lethal. Plus, the bacteria play an essential role in returning us to dust. read more
A Message from the Editor
Monday, November 17, 2014
Welcome to the November/December issue. In the last issue, I encouraged all of you to take a moment and think about what you can do differently to optimize productivity and efficiency in your ... read more
An Update on Hydraulic Fracturing
Friday, November 14, 2014
The elections of 2014 have come and gone, and the dust storm surrounding hydraulic fracturing (HF) seems to be settling down. Scientists have studied the problems and evaluated the risks. read more
GC Columns Travel to Space for Comet Rendezvous
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Gas chromatography (GC) is a powerful analytical tool, and it’s getting out of the lab and traveling millions of miles into space as part of the Rosetta mission, a project initiated by the European ... read more
11th Symposium on the Practical Applications of Mass Spectrometry in the Biotechnology Industry
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Adoption of analytical technology usually starts in R&D labs with first-generation instruments operated by skilled and well-trained early adopters. These people work inside the particular institution... read more
True Hypoxia Replication: Creating Optimal Conditions for Cell-Based Research
Monday, November 10, 2014
There is a rapidly growing need for systems capable of creating precise, reproducible, and physiologically relevant cell environments in the laboratory in order to enable accurate analysis of both ... read more
An Improved Method to Generate Virus-Free Human iPSCs
Monday, November 03, 2014
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are offering new opportunities in both research and clinical applications. Researchers are using these cells for drug and toxicity screening, as well as for ... read more