Manufacturers of cell-culture-based therapeutics can now rely on a faster method for detecting mycoplasma contamination. The Applied Biosystems MycoSEQ Mycoplasma Detection Kit is a fully integrated solution for real-time PCR-based mycoplasma detection. Used throughout the bioproduction workflow, the MycoSEQ method is an alternative to costly, time-consuming culture-based tests often done externally by contract labs, which can take…
Thermo Scientific TruNarc Analyzer Now Detects Carfentanil
Law enforcement agents, narcotics officers, and customs personnel can quickly and safely identify the synthetic opioid carfentanil and dozens of additional emerging drugs with a new library update for the Thermo Scientific TruNarc handheld narcotics analyzer. Carfentanil, which is most often used to tranquilize elephants and other large animals, is a fentanyl analog that is 10,000 times…
New Tech Offers High-Resolution, Sensitivity for Advanced Analytics
New single quadrupole mass spectrometer and specialized columns designed to deliver reproducible and robust separations, increase analytical accuracy. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced new technologies that are designed to allow analytical chemists to obtain high-resolution separations with outstanding sensitivity and reproducibility. The technologies are being featured in Prague this week during HPLC 2017—The 46th International Symposium on…