PFAS testing: 2024 in review and what to expect for 2025 by SCIEX Community | Feb 19, 2025 | Blogs, Environmental / IndustrialRead Time: 5 minutes For as long as PFAS persist in the environment, there is no doubt they will persist in our conversations as environmental scientists. Globally, PFAS contamination has been detected in water supplies, soil and even in the blood of people and...
Nitrosamines: Where are we now? by SCIEX Community | Oct 10, 2024 | Blogs, Pharma, QTRAP / Triple QuadWhere did it start? Nitrosamines are a large group of N-nitroso compounds that share a common functional N-N=O group. They are produced by a chemical reaction between a nitrosating agent and a secondary or tertiary amine. Back in 2018, nitrosamines suddenly found...
Detecting low levels of drugs and their metabolites in hair and nail samples using LC-MS/MS by SCIEX Community | Aug 20, 2024 | Blogs, Forensic, ToxicologyRead time: 3 minutes You probably have heard of testing blood and urine samples for the presence of drugs and their metabolites. But do you know about the benefits of hair and nail analysis? In a recent webinar, Tina Binz, Deputy Head of the Center for Forensic Hair...
Omics in the rapidly developing field of alternative proteins: innovation and safety by SCIEX Community | Aug 30, 2023 | Blogs, Food / Beverage, Food and BeverageRead Time: 7 minutes On June 12, 2023, during a webinar hosted by New Food, Lin Qingsong—Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Protein and Proteomics Centre at the National University of Singapore—discussed the latest considerations related to risk assessment...
Meat vs plant based. What is the best option? by SCIEX Community | Mar 25, 2022 | Blogs, Food / Beverage, Food and BeverageRead time: 2 minutes As we become more conscious about the planet, healthier lifestyles and our duty to protect the environment, attitudes and behaviours are shifting when it comes to food consumption. ‘Fake’ meat and the environment Nowadays, meat or fish is...
An interview from the Science Explorer about the Echo® MS system by SCIEX Community | Jul 19, 2021 | Blogs, Echo MS, PharmaIn this interview from the Science Explorer about the Echo® MS system, Neil Walsh from SCIEX discusses the significant application areas of the system and what makes it so attractive to biopharmaceutical laboratories. Here is a snippet of the...
The metabolome: the way to personalized healthcare? by SCIEX Community | Jul 15, 2021 | Blogs, MetabolomicsRead time: 15 minutes The completion of the human genome project in 2003 opened the door to unprecedented insight into the human body through its DNA code. We now know that our genome encodes our proteins, that our proteins are the molecular machinery of certain...
A new generation of therapeutic modalities by SCIEX Community | Jun 8, 2020 | Biopharma, Blogs, PharmaThere are over 7,000 genetic diseases that could potentially be cured using gene therapy. Rare metabolic diseases, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease and cancers are some of the top disease classes that can be addressed with gene therapies. With over 1,000...
Enhancing Biologics with CESI-MS Characterization by SCIEX Community | May 18, 2020 | Biopharma, BlogsComprehensive characterization of a biologic requires analysis at both the intact and digest levels, but these analyses can be complex and cumbersome. For example, with conventional liquid chromatography separations, researchers are often left with limited information...
Full, partial and empty capsid ratios for AAV analysis: What’s the big deal? by SCIEX Community | May 7, 2020 | Biopharma, Blogs, PharmaFor many of you working to develop gene therapy drugs, you know that the time to market the drug is critical. Because gene therapeutics cure diseases by targeting specific genes, it is a constant race to see who develops the drug first. Unlike other classes of drugs...
A rising star in food allergen research: proteomics of shellfish allergen by SCIEX Community | Apr 13, 2020 | Blogs, Food / Beverage, Life Science Research, ProteomicsIt’s important to know what you’re eating, especially if you suffer from a food allergy. About 220 million people worldwide live with a food allergy.1 These numbers, along with the complexity and severity of conditions, continue to rise. In America, there are about 32...
Microflow for metabolite ID: a win all around by SCIEX Community | Dec 19, 2019 | Blogs, PharmaOver the last several years there has been a slow and steady progression within the LC-MS community to move traditional high-flow applications to lower flow rates. In particular, moving into the microflow regime has proven to be a simple adjustment in methodology that...