List (3) benefits of implementing an FDA-cleared application vs a laboratory developed test (LDT) in a US clinical microbiology laboratory. Discuss how the MALDI-TOF based application for rapid ID ...

Until recently, clinical diagnostic laboratories predominantly relied on conventional phenotypic ways of diagnosing infections, and sometimes on gene sequencing techniques. The latest advancements in ...

It's been 20 years since Hillenkamp and Karas developed MALDI. In that time, the soft ionization method, coupled with time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry, has distinguished itself as the enabling ...

Boston-based PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences has released the prOTOF™ 2000, the first commercially available matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass ...

Nail psoriasis is common in patients with plaque psoriasis and is associated with morbidity, including onychomycosis, which can complicate psoriasis treatments and be difficult to differentiate.

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2005--At Pittcon 2005, Bruker Daltonics Inc., an operating company of Bruker BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), today announces novel smartbeam(TM) laser ...

The increasing emergence of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO), including Enterobacterales (CRE), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) and Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), is a major public health threat.

A continuous region of coding sequence can be PCR amplified using a 5′ primer possessing a polymerase binding site and a translation initiation site in-frame with the 5′ end of the test sequence. The ...

Scientific computing and the ability to write specific programs to analyze large datasets of biological information has become an increasingly important skill with regards to advancing biological ...

The space-saving MALDI-8020 achieves performance specifications similar to those of larger, more expensive MALDI-TOF models but in a significantly smaller footprint. It improves laboratory efficiency ...