New Genetic Targets Could Revolutionize Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and an international team, have identified promising new targets for pancreatic cancer treatment and early diagnosis.
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Battling a Global Crisis
Laboratory monitoring supports compliance with medically assisted opioid addiction treatment using buprenorphine
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May 2018 Product News
This month's issue features medical-grade refrigerators from Follett, disposable pipette tips from Tecan, and a microscope camera from Zeiss.
Facing the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Emergency departments have seen a big increase in overdoses, putting a strain on clinical labs.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Receives CE Mark for LC-MS System
The liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry components are now available to clinical laboratories in Europe for general in vitro diagnostic use.
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Internal Standards Provide Quantitation of Antifungal Drugs
Five stable-labeled internal standards of the antifungal agents fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole are available at 1.0 mg/mL concentrations.
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Omics: Cutting-Edge Research Meets the Clinical Lab
In research labs around the world, scientists are pursuing studies in a variety of novel fields that promise to open new understandings of human health and disease.
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The Continuing Battle against Drugs of Abuse
Finding themselves in a vicious tug-of-war, clinical labs are struggling to keep pace with emerging designer drugs.
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FDA Clears Expanded Claims for the MALDI Biotyper CA System
A library and methods expansion for the MALDI Biotyper CA system enables identification of more than 98% of the typical bacterial identification workflow of clinical microbiology laboratories.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches LC-MS-Based Class I Medical Devices
Thermo’s newly launched HPLC, mass spectrometer, and software are designed for use in performing clinical analyses.
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MALDI-TOF Makes Inroads into Clinical Labs for Bacterial Identification
Since the Bruker MALDI Biotyper first came on the market in 2007, more than 1,000 microbiology labs worldwide have acquired the system. This robust MS instrument and procedure offers the benefits of results in less than five minutes, throughput of approximately 200 samples per hour, and low cost per test.
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bioMérieux Gets First Mover MS Advantage
Diagnostics giant bioMérieux had more than one reason to celebrate last year. Not only did the company mark its 50th anniversary, it also gained first-to-clinical-market advantage with the launch of its new diagnostic platform, dubbed Vitek MS.
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Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Registered as Medical Device
The LCMS-2020 single quadrupole liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer from Shimadzu Corp increases the speed and reliability of HPLC/UHPLC analysis, improving lab productivity.
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Protein Removal Plates Offer Increased Sensitivity for LC-MS/MS Analysis
The Isolute PLD+ protein and phospholipid removal plates from Biotage, Charlotte, NC, provide sample clean-up for blood-based matrix samples for LC-MS/MS analysis.
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Next-Generation MALDI-TOF Technology Comes to the United States
The FDA-cleared MALDI Biotyper CA System from Bruker identifies gram-negative bacterial colonies cultured from human specimens. The new system’s accuracy has been shown to be comparable to nucleic acid sequencing.
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