assay
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Using an untargeted metabolomics assay, the scientists measured approximately 1,495 small molecules in blood serum.
From Science Daily β Jul. 5, 2026
Additional techniques provided deeper insights, including flow cytometry, ex vivo expansion, RNA-seq, assay for transposase-accessible chromatin-seq, high-resolution imaging, metabolic testing, and detailed studies of mitochondria.
From Science Daily β Apr. 16, 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 β Jul. 23, 2025
We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.
From Salon β Dec. 16, 2024
Tom said seriously, “If the assay showed enough nickel and silver, wouldn’t it pay to mine it?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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 β Sep. 4, 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 β Jan. 15, 2026
The CuSTOM Accelerator team continues working to automate organoid assays and enable high-throughput screening across large, genetically diverse donor populations.
From Science Daily β Oct. 15, 2025
"Our computational approaches further allowed us to identify and analyze these rare events that are not visible with standard sequencing assays."
From Science Daily β Nov. 20, 2024
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 β Jun. 9, 2022
That was followed by another sweaty hour in which Hinterhäuser assayed all six of Ustvolskaya’s piano sonatas, written between 1947 and 1988, with no break between them.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 12, 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 β Apr. 22, 2018
Alice Braga will play the central role assayed in the original by Kate del Castillo, now known for her role as the fixer in the infamous El Chapo-Sean Penn interview.
From New York Times β May 26, 2016
I assayed to throw up the Sash, that I might longer watch his Progress, who was the great Work of my Hands, but would not lift.
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 β Mar. 28, 2024
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 β Aug. 9, 2018
Bowie often had the intensity of a lizard assaying a stranger.
From Time β Jan. 11, 2016
Now admittedly, assaying a defense of Mr. Weiner on this point is akin to being a Legal Aid lawywer on the night shift at Bronx Criminal Court.
From New York Times β Jun. 10, 2011
An interesting note appears in the glossary given by Sir John Pettus in his translation of Lazarus Erckern's work on assaying.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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