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Comprehending COVID-19: How Consumables Can Increase LC-MS/MS Sensitivity

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During 2020, we collaborated with many of our customers to develop targeted liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) from biological samples. However, the combination of the biological specimen, the sample collection medium, the viral load threshold, and the need for a high throughput method gave rise to...

Nuts About Christmas … And Mycotoxin Detection

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A bowl of nuts, with polished or carved nutcrackers, is part of many traditional winter holiday feasts. Growing up in England in the 1970s, I enjoyed hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts and Brazil nuts as special treats for the Christmas holiday. Once I’d wrestled with a nutcracker, seemingly designed to send nuts and shards of shell across...

Answering the Call with Compliance-Ready LC-MS Solutions for Oligonucleotide Analysis

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Oligonucleotides, or short strands of DNA or RNA, continue to increase in popularity. In addition to their essential role as primers and probes in the expanding clinical DNA testing and diagnostics market, they’re also seeing great success as new gene-based therapeutics that hold tremendous promise. With a string of recent drug approvals, including the first...

Oil: A Source of Light and Cause for Celebration

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The use of light during holidays or festivals – in any form, including candles, lanterns, or fireworks – is significant, as we celebrate and look ahead to the future. Many friends and colleagues recently celebrated Diwali (where light represents the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness), and others begin Hanukkah, the Festival...