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Discovered Correlations in Databases: What To Do? Who Pays?
Monday, November 11, 2013
Systems biology, including biomarkers, is developing information, particularly correlations with disease states. Why? To date, the most commonly cited... Read More
Webinar: Medicinal Chemistry Analytics for the 21st Century
Monday, November 11, 2013
Sponsored by Biocompare and Waters Corporation

Biocompare and Waters Corporation are pleased to announce this upcoming webinar on November 20 at 10... Read More
Simple and accurate lactate measurement
Monday, November 11, 2013
EKF Diagnostics' Lactate Scout+ is an easy to use pocket-sized device which requires 0.2 µl of capillary blood and delivers results within ... Read More
Results are in for the Second sbv IMPROVER Challenge on Species Translation
Friday, November 08, 2013
Species translation involves searching for biological mechanisms of action (MoA) that are common to different species, in this case, humans and rats. ... Read More
Fast, Accurate Blood-Alcohol Analysis Using Headspace-Gas Chromatography
Friday, November 08, 2013
Blood-alcohol analysis is a common, important analysis for diagnostic and forensic labs. In addition to the detection of ethanol, other metabolites ... Read More
New Forensics Resource: Proven Approaches for Today’s Forensic/Toxicology Challenges
Friday, November 08, 2013
Whether you’re testing for recreational drugs… performing workplace drug screening… investigating post-mortem samples… or confirming blood alcohol ... Read More
Setting the Standards for Demanding Environments
Friday, November 08, 2013
NuAire’s Conventional, By-Pass and Vertical Laminar Flow Fume Hoods provide quality personnel and product protection, meeting ASHRAE and SEFA ... Read More
Lab Weighing with Sartorius
Friday, November 08, 2013
Selecting your balance has never been easier!

Whether you need ultra-micro, micro, analytical or precision balances that excel in speed, ... Read More
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of a Fluid Loss Agent for High-Temperature Drilling Fluid
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Polymers and inorganic additives have been widely used in high-temperature water-based drilling fluids to transport rock cuttings, maintain well ... Read More
A Map to More Reliable RT-qPCR Results Using MIQE Guidelines
Thursday, November 07, 2013
RT-qPCR (reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction) is used routinely by a broad spectrum of researchers to assess the absolute or ... Read More
Field-Deployable, Real-Time Sensor for the Monitoring of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in atmospheric chemistry. They are critically involved in aerosol formation, tropospheric ... Read More
Validation of Metal Impurities in Drug Products
Thursday, November 07, 2013
The Elemental Impurities Chapters <232> and <233> were due to appear this year in the U.S. Pharmacopeia (with similar sections in the European Pharmacopeia). ... Read More
Specifying a Water Purification System for the Laboratory
Thursday, November 07, 2013
The selection, operation, and maintenance of a reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system should be straightforward. However, systems are often 1)... Read More
Precision Medicine Will Digitize Humans, But Who Pays?
Thursday, November 07, 2013
In a serendipitous confluence of events, I was finishing the 2013 edition of Eric Topol’s book, "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the ... Read More
Flow Cytometry Applied to Plant Reproductive Biology
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Understanding how biodiversity is distributed in nature and how it is impacted by human activities has become crucial for nature conservation. Read More