assay
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All samples were analyzed in a specialized translational laboratory using a standardized assay and measured using the current reporting standard of nmo/L.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
After measuring ethanol levels using an enzymatic assay, the team estimated daily alcohol intake for several nectar-feeding species based on their caloric needs.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Dash, whose team includes former software engineers from Moderna, automates common laboratory tests such as Elisa, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is used for tasks such as evaluating a drug’s safety and efficacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2025
We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024
How can one assay the total impact of the unprecedented calamity that gave rise to the world we live in?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“With only a handful of assays outstanding, we see limited scope for the December Quarter resource update to disappoint on grade or continuity,” Shaw says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
To investigate the idea, the researchers combined biochemical and biophysical methods with high-resolution microscopy and neuron-based assays.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
To measure how well the compounds could combat the virus, the team used plaque reduction assays.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
The analysts expect management to continue highlighting uptake of innovative instruments and assays in areas like pathology and immunoassay through the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
If such a haplogroup turned up in Pena’s assays, it could write a new chapter in the early history of Native Americans.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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On the other hand, transformation is often assayed by incorporating an antibiotic-resistance gene in the plasmid to be transferred into the host organism.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
At the Pantages, the role is assayed by Adrianna Hicks, an ensemble player in the Broadway revival who hasn’t quite made the leap to headliner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018
By using the best of four reaction conditions, 187 additional products were produced and assayed that bound to CHK1; the colour of the dots reflects the affinity ranking of the compounds.
From Nature ● Apr. 22, 2018
He says, “Please, please, please. But instead it shall be assayed by my wife, Lady Margaret Pickering.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2017
Again I assayed a response; this time, there was a low growl, a hideous, rasping gargle in the throat.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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"The refined bullion is analysed to the highest levels of accuracy, on various methods of gold assaying," says James Jose, managing director at CGR.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
The latter stands for Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus, who was a treasurer of sorts for Brutus and oversaw the minting and assaying of his coins.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
But assaying information — weighing it, analyzing it, separating the gold from the pyrite — still depends on old-fashioned human judgment.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
Word reaches us that Mr. Ben Schwartz has accepted an engagement at the Paramount Studios of Hollywood, California, where he will be assaying the role of Sonic the Hedgehog.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2018
Small transactions do not justify the trouble and expense of assaying and weighing and subdividing gold!
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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