assay
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The liver fibrosis assay described in the study remains a prototype and has not yet been introduced as a clinical test.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 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
“I’m pretty sure that it’s the same assay being used at all the sites,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
But when Montaigne used the word it meant an assay or a test.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Mr. Currey asks an important question about Genet, but assays no answer: “Was it prison that enabled his writing, or was it the act of theft that he practiced so assiduously during all those years?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
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
In all, the teams performed nearly 10,000 assays to make about 15 million measurements on blood and 18 solid tissues.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 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 ● 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
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 ● 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 ● Apr. 22, 2018
A sloop’s crew assayed flight in their longboat, but they were overtaken.
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
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
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 ● Jun. 10, 2011
"But the man who proposed buying it would send an expert to collect samples for assaying."
From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold
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