eTBlast MEDLINE Search Interface

eTBlast is a MEDLINE search front-end developed by the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas. It will chew through a Texas-sized paragraph of text and return (after a few minutes) a scored list of related articles found on MEDLINE. For example, the abstract of Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2004 ;18;1095 returned this page …

Mass Spectrometry of Tears

From Sciencedaily.com (ACS Press Release): “Researchers in Japan are developing a faster, more accurate diagnostic test for Sj√ɬ∂gren’s syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disorder characterized by chronically dry eyes and dry mouth. The noninvasive test, which analyzes multiple protein biomarkers in the tears using highly sensitive mass spectrometry, shows promise in early clinical studies as the …

Bruker/Agilent Extend Trap Collaboration

“The amended ITMS collaboration agreement extends the ion trap development cooperation, the continued supply of mass spectrometry parts and components from Agilent to Bruker Daltonics, and the end-product manufacturing by Bruker Daltonics of each company’s respective ITMS product lines. The agreement facilitates the introduction of each company’s ion trap HCT Ultra and XCT Ultra mass …

ACS to Allow Free Access to Journal Articles One Year After Publication

See press releases “American Chemical Society broadens access to its articles: Conditions set for free availability one year after publication“, “American Chemical Society broadens author-directed article access” and “American Chemical Society policy will offer service to authors of NIH-funded research articles” in response to “Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded …