Advances on Bioanalysis: Recent Approaches in the Determination of Biomarkers, Drugs of Abuse and Medicines —Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Analytical tools to determine drugs, drugs of abuse, or biomarkers for the rapid diagnosis of intoxications or diseases are mandatory for every laboratory working in the bioanalytical field. In the last few years, the development of sensible analytical instrumentation (e.g., time of flight, high-resolution mass spectrometry, or Orbitrap mass spectrometers) has widened the scope of applications of such techniques to several areas, for instance, in the development of new therapeutic agents, industry, and others. This progress concerning instrumentation was also accompanied by important achievements related to sample preparation approaches, namely, trending in low-sample, low-cost, and low-organic solvent procedures without compromising sensitivity and allowing the analysis of alternative samples, such as exhaled breath, hair, oral fluid, or sweat. Due to the great success of the first edition of the Special Issue on “Advances on Bioanalysis: Recent Approaches in the Determination of Biomarkers, Drugs of Abuse and Medicines”, it is our pleasure to announce this second edition.

Presenting a very broad scope, this Special Issue welcomes full papers, short communications, and review articles on, but not limited to, new developments in bioanalysis, sample preparation, and the development of new detection and quantification of disease biomarkers, toxic agents, and drug monitoring approaches with applications in different analytical fields.

This issue will be an excellent collection of papers for academia, or as a reference tool for researchers, particularly those working in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, and toxicology, including health and industry professionals.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Mário Barroso
Prof. Dr. Eugenia Gallardo
Dr. Luís Passarinha
Guest Editors

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