Fields & Applications

With many potential benefits, it is easy to understand the drive to develop systems and methods acceptable to the regulatory authorities.

It is now recognised that regarding a child as a scaled down adult to calculate a medicine dose may not be appropriate.

Introduced by Robert Guthrie in the 1960s, dried blood spot (DBS) sampling involves taking small drops ... of blood from either a finger prick (or heel prick in neonates) and depositing them on specially manufactured absorbent card where they are allowed to dry. Once dry, DBS cards can be readily transported by post for analysis since the components of the blood remain unchanged for several days, even at room temperature. For analysis, a portion of the blood spot is removed from the card and placed in a solvent to extract the analyte(s) of interest.

What short- and long-term impact will sequestration have on the US scientific community?

Microrheology is in its early stages, but it has the potential to expand the range and enhance the application of rheological characterization.

Recording the impact of chemistry on society, the Chemical Heritage Foundation's participation in Pittcon adds valuable, historical depth.

Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sampling is being adopted in drug development, paediatric healthcare, and, more recently, patient compliance.

Considered for so long to be the poor relation to academia, industry researchers may well represent the best of science.

Analytical scientists love what they do and see the field to be the very foundation of good science.

New column offers significant performance improvements in saccharide and polysaccharide analysis.