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assay

[a-say, as-ay] / æˈseΙͺ, ˈæs eΙͺ /




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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

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 ● 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 ● Jul. 23, 2025

We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

But when Montaigne used the word it meant an assay or a test.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2025

As health officials turn increasingly toward wastewater testing as a means of tracking the spread of H5N1 bird flu among U.S. dairy herds, some researchers are raising questions about the effectiveness of the sewage assays.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 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

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

"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

When Sterling-Duprey reappears onstage with her headlamp, she might be assaying the damage.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 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

In shape, they may be round or rectangular, the latter shape being more suited to assaying ores.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola


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