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Importance of Solubility and Lipophilicity in Drug Development

Solubility and lipophilicity are key parameters that can dictate the success or failure rate of drug discovery and development.

14 Feb 2020

Applications of Polarized Light Microscopy

In polarized light microscopy, plane-polarized light is passed through a double refracting material and then collected using a second polarizing filter.

14 Feb 2020

Eliminating American Foulbrood using Endolysins

In this case study, scientists identified an endolysin cell-binding domain that targets Paenibacillus larvae, the bacterium responsible for American Foulbrood.

14 Feb 2020

Whole Genome Amplification in Forensics

Forensic studies usually work with small or trace amounts of sample. DNA from such samples can be limiting, making their analysis difficult. Whole genome amplification can provide solution to this problem by providing greater yields from small samples.

14 Feb 2020

Fingerprint Analysis in Forensic Science

This article describes how the patterns found in a fingerprint are categorized, analyzed and used to solve crimes.

14 Feb 2020

Difference Between a Paratope and an Epitope

Paratopes and epitopes are the unique binding regions of an antibody and antigen, respectively.

14 Feb 2020

A Breathalyzer for Cannabinoids?

This article describes the development of a novel breathalyzer for cannabinoids in the breath of cannabis users. Analysis is carried out via LC-MS/MS.

14 Feb 2020

How do Food Sensitivity Assays Work?

Food sensitivities/allergies are in the public spotlight now more than ever –with approximately 5% of adults and 8% of children worldwide being affected by them.

14 Feb 2020

ATR-FTIR: An Overview

FTIR stands for ‘Fourier-transform infrared’ spectroscopy: a technique that can be used to procure an infrared spectrum of a sample.

14 Feb 2020

ATR-FTIR in the Food and Beverage Industry

Attenuated total reflection (ATR) is an analysis method used with traditional IR spectroscopy, allowing specimens to be examined in either a liquid or solid state, without additional steps beforehand.

14 Feb 2020

How does Fingerprint Drug Testing work?

Fingerprint analysis for drug metabolites offers a fast, accurate, and noninvasive approach, transforming practices in forensic toxicology and healthcare.

14 Feb 2020

Chromatography in Forensic Science

Chromatography is essential in forensic science, enhancing drug analysis and trace evidence identification through advanced techniques like GC and HPLC.

14 Feb 2020

What is Forensic Toxicology?

This multidisciplinary field of forensic toxicology detects and quantifies drugs and toxins, playing a vital role in legal cases and workplace safety.

14 Feb 2020

What is Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics, through genetics and genomics, revolutionizes data analysis, offering critical insights for advancements in medicine and biological sciences.

14 Feb 2020

Discovering Misfolded Proteins using Fluorescent Probes

Researchers have established a new method of viewing the folding state of proteins in vivo, equipping scientists with a tool to measure cellular health.

14 Feb 2020

Creating a Nanobody Library with PCR

A nanobody is a small antibody fragment consisting of a single monomeric variable antibody domain.

14 Feb 2020

What are Therapeutic Antibodies?

Recent years have seen therapeutic antibodies, specifically, monoclonal antibodies, grow rapidly in their use in treating a range of diseases and illnesses.

13 Feb 2020

Lab Automation in Hemostatic Testing

Hemostasis is the physiological process in which bleeding is stopped at the site of injury while preserving blood flow elsewhere.

13 Feb 2020

What is the Endocannabinoid System?

The existence of the endocannabinoid system was discovered in the 1990s by researchers investigating the main psychoactive cannabinoid of cannabis, THC.

13 Feb 2020