Discover the New X500B QTOF System, the Simpler, Faster Path to Biologics Characterization Answers by SCIEX Community | Jan 24, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsHave you ever wished for a compact instrument that delivers expert-level answers to your most complex biotherapeutic characterization challenges faster and easier than what you are doing now? At SCIEX, we recognize that even expert users want easier ways to perform...
How to Achieve Higher Sensitivity with Hybrid Immunoaffinity LC-MS Assays by SCIEX Community | Jan 10, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsProtein-based biotherapeutics, including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a growing component of pharmaceutical companies’ drug pipelines. The growth of ADCs in particular is due to their ability to selectivity target and deliver a...
The Application of Research Grade MetabolitePilot™ Software for the Determination of the Catabolic Peptide Products of Exenatide by SCIEX Community | Jan 9, 2017 | Biopharma, Blogs, PharmaThe stability of peptide and protein biotherapeutics directly impacts their pharmacokinetic profile, efficacy, and safety. It is therefore essential to characterize the stability of a given bio-therapeutic including both in-vivo and in-vitro catabolism, thereby...
LC-MS/MS Screening of 64 New Psychoactive Substances Using Dried Blood Spots by SCIEX Community | Dec 16, 2016 | Blogs, ForensicThere is a lot you can tell from a droplet of blood as it’s snapshot of what could be present in a body at any given moment. In the following application note, LC-MS/MS Screening of 64 New Psychoactive Substances Using Dried Blood Spots, researchers did just...
LC-MS/MS Analysis of Emerging Food Contaminants by SCIEX Community | Dec 16, 2016 | Blogs, Food / BeverageEver wish you had access to the most up to date application methods but don’t know where to find them? The Food and Beverage Compendium is your one-stop resource for research notes ranging from pesticides, allergens, and antibiotics to mycotoxins, vitamins, and...
Is Your Beverage Truly 100% Fruit Juice? by SCIEX Community | Dec 16, 2016 | Blogs, Food / BeverageThere is nothing like the flavor of fruit juice whether freshly squeezed or made from concentrate to clench your thirst, except when it’s not 100 percent juice after all. As the following tech note, “Authenticity Assessment of Fruit Juices using LC-MS/MS and...
Superbugs, Antibiotic Resistance, and the QTRAP® 6500+ System by SCIEX Community | Dec 15, 2016 | Blogs, Pharma‘Superbugs’, or bacteria that have developed antibiotic resistance as a result of adapting to the drugs used in their treatment, are dangerous infections that doctors struggle to stop from spreading. Even common infections such as urinary tract infections and...
Vice President Biden Announces Agreement Naming Children’s Medical Research Institute’s ProCan Lab to the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Initiative by SCIEX Community | Dec 6, 2016 | Blogs, Life Science Research, ProteomicsPhoto owned by ProCan A key goal of the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ initiative is the advancement of precision medicine, with the goal of making more targeted therapies available to more cancer patients. And researchers believe that the time is right, with the new technological...
It’s Time to Enhance Your Food Testing by SCIEX Community | Dec 6, 2016 | Blogs, Food / BeverageAre you looking for ways to up the ante on your LC-MS/MS when it comes to food testing? Researchers here have developed a method for the analysis of approximately 400 pesticides in food samples, and their work is available for viewing in this year’s compendium. This...
Top Five Misconceptions about Mass Spectrometry by SCIEX Community | Nov 15, 2016 | Blogs, TechnologyDo you work in a lab handling precious samples yet, hesitant to make the move to mass spectrometry? Many laboratories just like yours continue to conduct sample analysis using ELISA assays, PCR scans, and amino acid tests because of their effectiveness. These...
Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre, Addressing Some of the Biggest Issues in Medicine by SCIEX Community | Nov 15, 2016 | Blogs, Life Science Research, Proteomics The Stoller Biomarker Discovery Center, developed in partnership with SCIEX, was created to develop new omics technologies for biomarker research to understand the root cause of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune diseases. We initially...
Glycosylation Analysis Designed for the (Protein) Masses by SCIEX Community | Nov 9, 2016 | Biopharma, BlogsA variety of post-translational modifications (PTMs) can impact a biotherapeutic protein’s mass, but none are as common as glycosylation.[1] Hence, the headline for a recent article in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, “Post-Translational Icing on the...