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Lake Fear?

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Determining whether the cyanobacteria present in a water body are producing toxins requires laboratory testing. However, detection of microcystins is a challenging problem for water testing laboratories.

Oligo-mania! Interest in Oligonucleotides Continues to Rise

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From oligonucleotides and peptides to messenger RNA and CRISPR, ’tides are enjoying their time in the sun A year ago we wrote how oligonucleotide therapeutic development, which had seen a huge wave of investment in the late 1990s and early 2000s followed by a precipitous decline in the late 2000s, was once again on the...

What’s the Key to Long-Term Success in a Food Testing Laboratory? Reliability.

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Waters Corporation and PRIMORIS Belgium… a reliable relationship It makes sense, doesn’t it? No one likes being let down; disappointed. Especially when the consequences are significant. Take, for example, a specialized food testing laboratory – PRIMORIS Belgium – which is responsible for processing more than 60,000 samples (and analyzing more than 20,000,000 results!) annually. They...

When You Set Reference Standards, You Need a Gold-standard Measuring Tool

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How WEQAS is expanding their capabilities with a Waters Xevo TQ-XS Many laboratories participate in external quality assurance proficiency programs, which enable them to compare their results to those of other laboratories. This is essential for standardization and harmonization of results. Certified reference standards play a key role in the success of EQA schemes. It...