Coronavirus: Researchers develop new rapid and reliable detection method

22-Aug-2023 - Commercially available mass spectrometers can reliably detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In the journal "Clinical proteomics" researchers from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) present a new method which employs equipment that is already being used in hospitals and laboratories ...

Fingerprint breakthrough in breast cancer detection

Scientists has successfully developed a pioneering non-invasive method for detecting breast cancer from fingerprints, with 98% accuracy

24-Feb-2023 - The researchers found that technology called Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS) can be applied to enhanced fingerprints for the detection of breast cancer. The technology is normally used to map drugs, pharmaceuticals and biological molecules within tissue ...

Innovative method provides unique insights into the structure of cells and tissues

10-Sep-2019 - Scientists at Münster University investigate cells using dual-beam laser mass spectrometry:Cells are the basic building blocks of life. The chemical composition of cells can be determined by mass spectrometry. Scientists at the University of Münster present a method which has improved the spatial ...

Novel method for rapid detection of antibiotic resistance

15-Feb-2018 - Respiratory, urinary tract, wound infections, and sepsis: the list of sites in which severe and life-threatening diseases manifest as a result of multidrug resistant microorganisms is long. The best option is an antibiotic treatment targeted specifically to the detected pathogen. However, the ...

Signaling Continued Investment in China, Bruker Open Beijing Center of Excellence

31-Mar-2017 - Bruker celebrated the opening of the Beijing Center of Excellence, an expansive and modern demo facility that will support China’s scientific research community. The opening of the Center represents a new milestone in Bruker’s long history in China, which began in 1975 with the sale of two ...

QIAGEN to Acquire Bioanalytical Assets from SuNyx GmbH

02-Aug-2005 - QIAGEN N.V. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets related to the bioanalytical business of SuNyx GmbH. SuNyx has developed and recently initiated marketing of its proprietary MPep and MProtChip® platforms for sample preparation of peptide and protein ...