Drug discovery, metabolic analysis, Vitamin D testing – the range of applications for mass spectrometry pushes boundaries. The Covid pandemic lifts this to even greater heights – mass spec helps to predict infection severity, finds therapeutic targets and might even put an end to the unpleasant PCR nose-swab testing.
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News • New gargle testMass spectrometry to improve Covid testingA UK biotech laboratory has used mass spectrometry in a new approach to coronavirus testing. MAP Sciences developed a gargle test, which collects samples from the back of the throat, and avoids the unpleasant sensation of the current PCR (polymerase ... |
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News • Changes in cells caused by coronavirusPotential targets for COVID-19 therapy discoveredA team of biochemists and virologists at Goethe University and the Frankfurt University Hospital were able to observe how human cells change upon infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19 in people. The scientists tested a series of ... |
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Sponsored • Clinical lab equipmentWhy do Mass Spectrometers need to be Medical Devices?Clinical biochemistry laboratories face many daily challenges, including managing high sample workloads, managing clinician requests for novel tests, and generating and reporting out results in a timely fashion. Irrespective of the methodology ... |
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Article • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomicsA new technique to understand metabolic pathwaysMass spectrometry-based metabolomics has emerged as a powerful tool to help study chemical ecology. Recent advances in the technique make it possible to study microbial interactions from complex communities. Laia Castaño-Espriu outlined the role ... |
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News • Revealing innovation potential of new antibioticsUsing proteomic profiling to accelerate drug developmentThe fight against bacterial infections, especially those caused by resistant pathogens, is in full swing with the search for new antibiotic agents. The aim is to identify substances that attack the pathogens in a truly novel way. The team at the ... |
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Sponsored • Addressing a broad range of research applicationsMass spectrometry advancesSince the Covid-19 epidemic took hold, the public has expected ‘unprecedented progress from the scientific community,’ observed Dan Shine, senior vice president and president of the analytical instruments division of Thermo Fisher Scientific ... |
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News • Predictive proteinsBiomarkers in COVID-19 patients could predict how ill they becomeResearchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to predict whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to become severely ill with the disease. People ... |
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