National Arbor Day this year is April 27, 2018, and is a day to come together and celebrate the importance of trees. The first American Arbor Day began in Nebraska Continue Reading
Tips for Drugs of Abuse Analysis with In-Well Hydrolysis and Solid Phase Extraction
The increase of testing drugs of abuse radically defines the workload for many laboratories, requiring testing methods to be accurate, reliable, and quick. Clean-up of sample matrices by sample preparation Continue Reading
Sugar Intake and Cocaine Addiction—Are They Equally Dangerous?
Some researchers have claimed that sugar should be considered an addictive substance, and could even be equal with abusive drugs, like cocaine addiction. Cardiovascular research scientists James J DiNicolantonio and Continue Reading
Still Using Liquid-Liquid Extraction? There’s Now a CLEANER Way
How many scientists could honestly say “no” to less variability and increased reliability? Yet, time and time again, we see scientists who are content with Liquid-Liquid Extraction (LLE) as the Continue Reading
More Matrices, More Problems…or Maybe Not?
Guest Author: Jenny Cybulski In the clinical research industry, you deal with a plethora of different and dirty matrices that all need to be cleaned up before being injected into Continue Reading
Putting “Simple” Back into Your Bioanalytical Sample Preparation
Guest Author: Jenny Cybulski While we can’t always agree on the same thing, an overwhelming amount of bioanalytical lab analysts would agree that even though sample preparation is a necessary Continue Reading
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Is Simpler Always Better? How “Easy” Sample Prep Can Hinder Progress
How “Easy” Sample Preparation Can Hinder Our Progress Allen Misa-Food and ENV Marketing Manager Everyone—and I mean everyone—would love to simplify their sample preparation. The goal of sample preparation is Continue Reading
SPE vs LLE: A Battle of Methods
An Improved SPE Clean Up and Recovery of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Plasma using Strata® -X In one corner, we have liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), which is perhaps the most established clean-up Continue Reading
Milton’s Featured Method: Chlorinated Pesticides from Poultry Fat
Concerns surrounding pesticide contamination are not limited to fruits and vegetables. According to Toxics Action Center, pesticides are used almost everywhere: not only in agricultural fields, but also in homes, parks, schools, buildings, forests, and roads.
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Milton’s Tricks, Treats, and Technical Guides
You’ve worked so hard crafting the perfect costume, decorating your home, and sneaking chocolate from your kids, we decided to treat you to the best technical guides this Halloween.