Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until May 25th.
The emerging role of carbon isotope ratio determination in health research and medical diagnostics
Daniel E. Bütz, Shanon L. Casperson and Leah D. Whigham
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 594 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50327E
Changes in breath carbon isotope composition as a potential biomarker of inflammatory acute phase response in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients
Juan P. Boriosi, Dennis G. Maki, Rhonda A. Yngsdal-Krenz, Ellen R. Wald, Warren P. Porter, Mark E. Cook and Daniel E. Bütz
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 599 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50331C
The expired breath carbon delta value is a marker for the onset of sepsis in a swine model
Daniel E. Bütz, Samantha L. Morello, Jordan Sand, G. Neil Holland and Mark E. Cook
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 606 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50340B