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lysate

American  
[lahy-sayt] / ˈlaɪ seɪt /

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.


Etymology

Origin of lysate

First recorded in 1920–25; lys(is) + -ate 1


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To simplify the process, the researchers tested a second version using killed tumor cells, called tumor lysate, derived directly from the cancer itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025

The horseshoe crabs are valuable because their blood can be manufactured into limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, that is used to detect pathogens in indispensable medicines such as injectable antibiotics.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023

Scientists harnessed nature’s ingenuity, using crab blood to make so-called amebocyte lysate endotoxin tests which, by the 1970s, began displacing tests on rabbits that were injected with medicine then monitored for fever.

From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2019

Approximately 10–20 μg of protein lysate was loaded on the gels.

From Nature ● Mar. 21, 2017

Despite the success of the lysate assay, scientific teams have explored alternative approaches to testing for endotoxins.

From US News ● Jun. 30, 2011

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