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assay

[a-say, as-ay, a-say] / æˈseɪ, ˈæs eɪ, æˈseɪ /




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To investigate their effects, the team used an advanced genomic method called a "massively parallel reporter assay."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 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

They developed an assay that can be used to screen drugs to see if they restore protein mobility by comparing each drug's effect on a simple biomarker with surface cysteines to one without.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 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

“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

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

Further, we deployed in vitro assays such as a liposome model and cell culture techniques to investigate the mouse and the human version of the protein to find out if they work similar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025

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

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

As the components of these natural toxins continue to be assayed by evolving technologies, the number of promising molecules is also growing.

From New York Times ● May 3, 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

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

"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

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

Bowie often had the intensity of a lizard assaying a stranger.

From Time ● Jan. 11, 2016

And unlike the authorities in Europe or Canada, the Secret Service has issued no reports of assaying $1 coins or looking for counterfeits.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2012

For purposes of large transactions, the item of weighing and assaying would not be serious.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson




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