Biological, Medical, and Clinical Analysis

Scientists from Murcia, Spain recently created a new method for mycotoxin screening in human tissues using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.

Sara E. Kern and her team of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tested different analysis methods for rapidly screening for poppy seeds in food samples.

A recent study examined how capillary electrophoresis (CE) could identify new 4-aryl-pyrido[1,2-c]pyrimidine derivatives in human serum.

In a study from Cornell University, scientists created a new means of identifying hemp plants that can exclusively create cannabidiol (CBD).

Scientists from Utah and Ireland recently created a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) analytical method capable of detecting phototoxins in essential oils.

Scientists from Washington and Connecticut have created a new system to detect epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Scientists from Hunan University of Chinese Medicine and Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou, China recently created a new system for extracting catecholamines (CAs) in urine samples.

Scientists from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology have developed a new method for analyzing quinolones in urine.

Scientists from Qilu University of Technology in Jinan, China recently separated and purified components within the Phellodendron chinense plant using different types of counter-current chromatography (CCC).

A group of scientists from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) tested different methods of using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to analyze human skin cells.

Scientists from Egypt have developed a green reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method to determine the amounts of methionine and paracetamol in different mixtures.

To combat fraudulent sales of low-aged ginseng disguised as high-aged ginseng, scientists from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine created machine learning models to predict the ages of ginseng samples.

To better understand the purity of therapeutic peptides, scientists from Germany, studied the effects supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) could have during the analysis.

A team of scientists from Taizhou, China have developed a means of studying the medical effects of Qiangxin Lishui Prescription (QLP).

On 1 October 2023, Alexandra Knauer was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin by Governing Mayor Kai Wegner.

Scientists from the University of Maryland have created a system to analyze changes in a brain’s chief circadian pacemaker.

At this year’s AOAC International Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, nearly 700 analytical scientists were honored in an awards ceremony.

The methodologies demonstrated here open the way to fully compliant at-line monitoring of monoclonal antibody quality attributes.

The AES Mid-Career Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of electrophoresis, microfluidics, and related areas by an individual who is currently in the middle of their career. This year’s recipient, Robbyn K. Anand, Suresh Faculty Fellow and Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry at Iowa State University, has, along with her group, developed methods for circulating tumor cell analysis, electrokinetic enrichment and separation of chemical species within water-in-oil droplets, and more sensitive bioanalysis at arrays of wireless bipolar electrodes (1).

To analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) more efficiently in clinical whole blood samples, a team of scientists from Chengdu, China, created their own simplified CTC analysis system.

Scientists from Dalian Maritime University in Dalian, China, are testing a new amphetamine-type stimulant extraction system on wastewater and urine samples.

Agilent has entered a partnership to use its technology to help further cell and gene therapy advancements.

Brazilian scientists are testing a system to detect endocrine disruptors in wastewater samples to help improve public health.

Researchers from the University of Washington have begun testing a new system to fight antimicrobial resistance by combining liquid chromatography (LC) with ion mobility (IM) separation.

The phenolic compounds of Chrysanthemum morifolium have recently been separated in a study meant to identify their medical benefits.

Using mass spectrometry and fingerprint analysis, scientists are investigating a new way to screen for lung cancer.

Researchers in China studied a new process for measuring aberrant metabolites.

To further understand what role ion chromatography (IC) plays in urine analysis, scientists investigated urine pretreatment techniques and how IC systems are designed and developed to measure various chemicals.

HRPs, while vital to creating drugs meant to fight serious diseases, are very difficult to quantify. To streamline the process, a group of scientists used a new approach for analyzing HRPs using MSPE and HPLC-UV.

In his keynote lecture at HPLC 2023, Alejandro Cifuentes from the Laboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, CSIC in Madrid, Spain, highlighted the promising application of foodomics in addressing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (1).