FT-IR Solutions for Biomedical and Biological Analysis

Agilent Technologies, Inc announced Fourier Transform-Infra Red (FT-IR) solutions for biomedical and biological applications that reduce analysis times and reveal more detailed information about biomedical and biological samples. FT-IR spectroscopy is an emerging tool in life sciences. Applications range from new drug development to the study of diseased tissues. The new solutions feature Varian’s superior performing 600-IR Series spectrometers and microscopes, software and accessories.

Traditional techniques for studying biological samples, such as cell staining, are often time consuming and limited in the types and amount of information that can be gathered. Varian’s FT-IR systems offer the highest energy throughput and deliver the most detailed chemical information. Varian’s 620-IR microscope provides the most sensitive and fastest chemical imaging solution in the industry.

The 620-IR is ideal for users that need to quickly investigate large tissues samples and have very little time to prepare those samples. The 620-IR makes visible what other systems cannot detect, and does it in a fraction of the time. FT-IR analysis can complement or replace other techniques allowing investigators to: study drug uptake through membranes using attenuated total reflectance chemical imaging; characterise biological changes on a nanosecond time scale; identify and characterise unknown protein samples in seconds; investigate the chemical makeup of live cells and probe their response in aqueous environments; and monitor and optimise microbial fermentation processes to increase production efficiency.