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Synthetic cannabinoids, commonly found in ?herbal incense? brands were recently declared controlled substances by the US Drug Enforcement Agency. To assist the drug testing industry in detecting these substances, Agilent Technologies has produced a GC?MS compendium.

Antibiotic study

A study into the effectiveness of antibiotics in septic patients being treated with continuous renal replacement therapy has found the regimens to be ineffective in some cases.

Tackling fish fraud

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Fraud in the fisheries sector can range from low-cost catfish sold as expensive sole to cod caught in the North Sea but declared as originating from the Baltic.

An agreement between Swiss-based biotech company Roche and UCLA in the US will provide cancer researchers with the technology to drive research capabilities and further the understanding for complex disease, it has been announced.

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As the use of new alloys grows, the need to protect those materials from oxidation by using the correct type and thickness of coating becomes increasingly important.

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PerkinElmer has acquired Labtronics, a Canadian provider of procedures-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solutions for laboratories performing routine analysis in multiple industries.

Comparative proteomics research has identified proteins in the profile of muscle-invasive bladder cancer cells that could be used in biomarker panels for screening and targeted therapies.

The Real Thing?

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A process has been developed that uses combinational peptide ligand libraries to determine whether Cola drinks have been flavoured using natural vegetable extracts or only with artificial chemical flavourings.

Chiral Separations

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Column selection and method development for chiral separations requires experience and a careful approach, and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has become a a viable option.