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Tecan Journal

Selected issue: 2/2024

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Shocked into action to prevent sudden cardiac arrest fatalities

Time is of the essence in a cardiac emergency, and the ability to restart the heart immediately after a cardiac arrest – even before the arrival of the emergency medical services – markedly increases the chance of survival. However, easy-to-use...

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Streamlined steroid testing for accurate diagnoses

Steroid testing in hospitals is crucial for diagnosing endocrine disorders and monitoring treatment efficacy for various conditions. Samples must be carefully prepared for mass spectrometry (MS) analysis, often requiring multiple steps like...

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End-to-end Automation of Nanopore Sequencing

Nanopore sequencing has become an indispensable tool for scientists exploring the genomic landscape to make groundbreaking research discoveries in microbiology, cancer, animal, environmental, infectious disease, and large-scale genome analysis...

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Automated drug extraction reduces solvent use, saves time and improves efficiency

Sample preparation is a critical step for the analysis of drugs in urine, providing a purified, concentrated extract for downstream investigations. Medical diagnostics company SYNLAB has extended its capabilities in this area by using automated...

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Transforming Drug Classification: Tecan’s Spark in the Fight Against Synthetic Cannabinoids

The proliferation of new psychoactive substances (NPS), including synthetic cannabinoids, is challenging regulatory systems and public health worldwide. Unlike conventional drugs, NPS often lack established safety profiles and pose unpredictable...

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Targeted Protein Degradation: multiplexing PROTACs and molecular glues screening

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is growing to be one of the most promising therapeutic approaches to targeting previously undruggable proteins involved in many different diseases. For this purpose, different classes of molecules are being...

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Quantifying endotoxins via absorbance or fluorescence in a multimode plate reader

Detecting endotoxins is of paramount importance to certify that a product is free of bacterial contamination. Endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides (LPS) that can be found on the outer membrane of certain gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli. The...

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