Clinical research laboratories face many decision points in establishing
routine analytical workflows for mass spectrometry. One decision is how
to handle the complexity of biological matrices, both f...
Do you struggle to transfer validated HPLC methods between labs or
different instruments? Is your business losing money or missing critical
deadlines due to the struggle? You are not alone. Transferri...
Could there be a substance more potent than morphine? Opioid epidemic is
a phrase used routinely as of late. Psychoactive drugs are used
medicinally for surgical anesthesia, palliative care and chroni...
The use of performance-enhancing anabolic substances has been banned
since the 1970s in competitive sports. However, substances, especially
steroids, are still frequently detected and misused in sport...
Biomarker studies using exhaled breath are rapidly emerging as a novel
approach for early disease detection and precision medicine. In my last
blog article - Breath Biopsy™ – A Non-invasive Tool for t...
Research Use Only, Not for Diagnostic ProceduresWhen you think of
diagnostic tests for disease and cancer, the first that probably come to
mind rely on using samples of blood or tissue. While these me...
Arnaud Droit is Associate Professor at Université Laval and director of
the Bioinformatics and Proteomics platforms at the Centre de Recherche
du CHU de Québec - Université Laval. He is an expert in t...
When you think of what techniques might be useful for analyzing single
cells, ICP-MS is not an immediately obvious choice. However, with its
sensitivity, versatile sample introduction capability and s...
With the opioid crisis raging and recreational marijuana use becoming
legal in nine US states and the District of Colombia, the concerns about
clean drug tests are on the rise. While urine remains the...
The traditional approach to routine cannabis testing has involved the
collection of urine or blood samples. Analyses of these specimens
typically involve well-established and reliable techniques, such...
Clinical laboratories are required to comply with stringent regulations,
which were introduced to ensure clinicians can obtain quality results on
which to base diagnosis and treatment decisions. Howev...
Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is fast
emerging as the gold standard for accurate, fast and cost-efficient
clinical analyses. However, its mainstream adoption by clinical
la...
In late 2014, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
approved sweeping changes to the NFL's drug policy. In addition to
testing for human growth hormone (HGH) for the first time in l...
On April 15, 1997, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a
Georgia law that required all politicians to be drug tested before being
allowed on the ballot, ruling the law unconstitutional ...
The 103rd Tour de France 21 stage grueling cycling race begins in early
July. While professional cycling season runs from January to October
across all continents, 80% of TV coverage is spent on this ...
I’ve got a personal interest in Alzheimer’s research because I have
family members with the disease, so I’m always looking for breakthroughs
and new studies. I recently read about a Trinity College Du...
A report published last year by Quest Diagnostics provided an analysis
of more than 10 million workplace drug test results that showed an
increase in the percentage of American workers who tested posi...
I was inspired to write the article following a couple of programmes
with the same title recently on the BBC. I was alerted to watching them
as the first programme contained my PhD supervisor Professo...
After almost a decade of studying and analysing proteins I’ve often
found myself trying to explain to people “Why proteins?” What’s all the
fuss about?I recently came across this video produced for th...
The Kentucky Derby kicks off horse racing’s Triple Crown, followed two
weeks later by The Preakness Stakes before wrapping up with The Belmont
Stakes. Back in 1978, when Affirmed crossed the finish li...
Medical laboratory testing plays a crucial role in the detection,
diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Laboratory tests help determine the
presence, extent, or absence of disease and monitor the effec...
The Modern Pharmaceutical Machine Modern pharmaceuticals have a huge
impact on the health and well-being of patients and their caregivers by
slowing or preventing disease, alleviating symptoms, and in...
There’s been a lot of interest recently in the study of glycans and
glycoforms, such as proteins and peptides that have glycans attached to
them. The analysis of glycans (also known as carbohydrates, ...
As practitioners in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing and
quality control, you’ll know that the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
(USP) 232 and its requirements for trace element determination in ...