Fields & Applications

The use of antimicrobials as growth promoters in livestock has sparked serious concern about the development of drug-resistant strains of pathogens.

Hyaluronic acid is a polymer of disaccharides and can have up to 25,000 disaccharide repeat units.

Sitting Down With Frantisek Svec, Facility Director, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Facility, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Research papers are the bread and butter of an academic’s career, but a different mindset prevails in industry. Should it?

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.