Naturally fluorescent molecules may serve as cancer biomarker

07-Apr-2009 - Excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to bioengineers. NADH, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a key coenzyme found mostly in the inner membrane of a cell's power plant, or mitochondria. It ...

New high-throughput screening technique makes probing puzzling proteins possible

Research will allow identification of numerous potential cancer and other treatments

31-Mar-2009 - Understanding the tens of thousands of proteins that compose the human proteome has emerged as a key challenge of this century, and research efforts to date have already enabled major advances in drug discovery and understanding basic biology. But many potential avenues have been blocked by lack ...

Poisons under control

The difficult search for dangerous mycotoxins

24-Mar-2009 - Do you know how many moulds are in a slice of bread? And has it occured to you whether these moulds pose a danger? BAM's experts are carrying out research into this topic and have developed an analytical method to detect the toxic metabolic compounds of moulds. Moulds, and more than 300 species ...

National Physical Laboratory to Evaluate NanoSight

17-Mar-2009 - The UK’s national metrology institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), is commencing a one-year evaluation program of NanoSight’s nanoparticle characterization technology, Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA). The program takes the form of a Joint Industry Project, funded in part by ...

Agilent Technologies and Markes form Global Thermal Desorption GC, GC/MS Collaboration

03-Mar-2009 - Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Markes International Limited announced a strategic alliance for global distribution and market development of analytical thermal desorption (TD) instruments used with gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) systems. Analytical TD ...

Raman’s narrower fingerprint set to broaden utility of flow cytometry

27-Feb-2009 - Andor Technology plc announced that researchers have successfully tested the first proof-of-concept of a Raman Spectral Flow Cytometer (SFC), thanks to its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera NewtonEM. Raman Spectral Flow Cytometry promises to revolutionise cell characterisation by allowing ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Solution Successfully Detects Anabolic Androgenic Steroids in Horse Biological Fluids

18-Feb-2009 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the success of its liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) solution at the Kenneth L. Maddy Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. The Thermo Scientific turbulent flow chromatography system coupled with the Thermo Scientific triple stage ...

caprotec bioanalytics Announces the Appointment of Funakoshi as Distributor for Its Products on the Japanese Market

11-Feb-2009 - caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced that they entered into an exclusive distributorship agreement with Funakoshi Co. Ltd. for the marketing and sales of caprotec’s research products in the country of Japan. The company’s products are based on caprotec’s proprietary Capture Compound Mass ...

Agilent Technologies and National University of Ireland, Galway, Open Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility

05-Feb-2009 - Agilent Technologies Inc. and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, announced the opening of a Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility on the NUI Galway campus. The state-of-the-art facility is fully equipped with the latest accurate-mass quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) and triple ...

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 ...