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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

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

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

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

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

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

Dowd most famously assayed the brutal Aunt Lydia in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” for which she won an Emmy.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2021

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

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

But Cult is assaying the livest of stories.

From Time Sep. 5, 2017

Connected with it are extensive collections of minerals and models, a library of 50,000 volumes, and laboratories for chemistry, metallurgy and assaying.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various




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