Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, together with its joint venture partner MDS Sciex, a division of MDS Inc. (NYSE:MDZ)(TSX:MDS), today introduced the QSTAR(R) Elite LC/MS/MS System, a new quadrupole time-of-flight (QqTOF) mass spectrometer designed for proteomics and metabolomics researchers discovering protein and small molecule biomarkers from complex biological samples. The QSTAR(R) Elite LC/MS/MS System provides improved sensitivity and speed of acquisition as well as resolution, dynamic range, and mass measurement accuracy, over previous technology for greater depth of analyte coverage and more confident identification of potential biomarkers.
