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assay

[a-sey, as-ey, a-sey] / æˈseɪ, ˈæs eɪ, æˈseɪ /




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Using an untargeted metabolomics assay, the scientists measured approximately 1,495 small molecules in blood serum.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 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

In contrast, the newly developed tetraplex assay by UF/IFAS scientists can identify DNA traces of these snakes even weeks after they have left an area.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 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

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

The CuSTOM Accelerator team continues working to automate organoid assays and enable high-throughput screening across large, genetically diverse donor populations.

From Science Daily Oct. 15, 2025

Typically Elisa assays are built from scratch for a specific application.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 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 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

Then the curtains will close on Morgan’s particular view of this famously inscrutable family, assayed by so many indelible actors.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2023

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 a sprawling human drama, poised on the precipice of a violence that you know is waiting for its beguilingly drawn and assayed characters, it is a riveting work of art.

From Washington Post Oct. 21, 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

But Cult is assaying the livest of stories.

From Time Sep. 5, 2017

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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