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Answering the Call with Compliance-Ready LC-MS Solutions for Oligonucleotide Analysis

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Oligonucleotides, or short strands of DNA or RNA, continue to increase in popularity. In addition to their essential role as primers and probes in the expanding clinical DNA testing and diagnostics market, they’re also seeing great success as new gene-based therapeutics that hold tremendous promise. With a string of recent drug approvals, including the first...

Oil: A Source of Light and Cause for Celebration

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The use of light during holidays or festivals – in any form, including candles, lanterns, or fireworks – is significant, as we celebrate and look ahead to the future. Many friends and colleagues recently celebrated Diwali (where light represents the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness), and others begin Hanukkah, the Festival...

Tools for Chromatographic Success: Three Ways to Support Data Quality in Routine Analysis

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Avoiding the pitfalls of data quality and integrity in the Pharma QC laboratory while running routine analyses is an ongoing challenge. Regulatory violations are frequently a result of a lack of complete data, suspect data, and improper audit trails. A recent report from Deloitte stated that data integrity violations account for over 70% of the...

Boosting Biopharma Productivity with Routine LC-MS

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As scientific advances continue to carry researchers into new arenas, it is vital that technology evolves in tandem. At Waters, we understand that it is only by leveraging fit-for-purpose technologies that researchers are able to unleash their creativity and make pioneering scientific breakthroughs. Scientists working within the rapidly growing biopharmaceutical industry are no exception. With...

Simple Joys: Giving Thanks in a New World

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There’s a longstanding debate among historians about whether America’s first Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth Colony in fall 1621 included turkey. Yet, today there’s no disputing that this bird has become a symbol and centerpiece of America’s Thanksgiving celebrations. This Thanksgiving Day staple has also played a significant role in food safety by enabling the discovery...

Waters Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography system with the Xevo TQ-XS (APGC-MS/MS) platform

USEPA Approves APGC Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry as Alternative Test Procedure for Dioxin Analysis

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A Breakthrough in Dioxin Analysis for Environmental Laboratories In September, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recognized the use of atmospheric pressure gas chromatography (APGC) with tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS) as an acceptable alternative to traditional high-resolution magnetic sector mass spectrometry for USEPA Method 1613. The recognition frees laboratories to adopt the Waters...