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Can Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Influence Cancer Care?
Monday, August 19, 2013
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is advancing at a rapid pace, and it will be intereseting to see how it can be harnessed within clinical settings. Read More
Product Intelligence: UHPLC: Pushing the Limits of HPLC
Monday, August 19, 2013
Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography, or UHPLC, is faster and provides higher resolution compared to conventional HPLC. This article discusses... Read More
Product Intelligence: Viscometers: The Science of Measuring Fluid Flow
Monday, August 19, 2013
Viscometers find application in the food and beverage, materials science, and chemicals industries, among others. The applications and uses of ... Read More
Microplate Readers Buying Tips: The Core Lab Perspective
Friday, August 16, 2013
Directors of core labs give their perspectives on key issues that should be considered before one purchases a microplate reader. For example, it is ... Read More
HPLC 2013, Hobart Features Educational Opportunities
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Traditionally, the HPLC series of meetings offers a scientific program at the highest level. This draws leading researchers from around the globe. Read More
Direct Improvement With Direct Dilution
Friday, August 09, 2013
The advent of a new technology often brings far-reaching benefits well beyond the initial perception of its key advantages. Acoustic dispensing, for ... Read More
China Catches up in Monoliths for LC
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Almost 20 years ago, I made my first trip to the People’s Republic of China. Over the next decade, I visited many times, working on various commercial... Read More
High-Resolution Separation of Nucleic Acid Fragments
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
The invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the early 1980s revolutionized molecular biology and molecular medicine. Since then, PCR has ... Read More
A Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Fluorescence System for Antibody–Antigen Interactions
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Since its inception more than 20 years ago, slab gel-based electrophoresis technology has been used routinely for the analysis of biomolecules (i.e., ... Read More
In Situ Electrochemical SPM for Energy and Corrosion Studies
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind have been gaining momentum due to a growing awareness of climate change and limited resources (e.... Read More
Innovation Thrives at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2013
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
When J.J. Thomson, the father of mass spectrometry, published his seminal book, Rays of Positive Electricity, 100 years ago, he could not have ... Read More
Crossing the Chasm of Death for Biomarkers
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Biomarkers, or biological markers, have intuitive appeal, since chemists and biochemists are trained to relate activity to molecular structure and ... Read More
Translational Medicine and the ’Omics Electronic Lab Notebooks
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Translational medicine research (TransMed) is a new environment in which groups of stakeholders come together to review increasingly complex data with... Read More
Determination of Total Mercury Content and Trace Metal Analysis in Wood Materials—Part 1: ICP-OES Using Mercury Cold Vapor
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
The transition metal mercury has many exciting properties; for example, it is the only known metal that is liquid at room temperature, hence its use ... Read More
New Drug Development Tools (DDT): Connecting the Dots Between Biomarker Discovery and Improved Patient Outcomes
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
For at least two decades, biological markers, or biomarkers, have been promoted as key advances in scientific discovery that provide a measure of ... Read More