mass spectrometry

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[mas-spek-trah-mi-tree] / ˌmæs spɛkˈtrɑ mɪ tri /

noun

1. Physics. an analytical technique for identifying and analyzing substances by ionizing particles, as by the use of a mass spectrometer.

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Example Sentences

"By drying and heating the remaining material, we were able to measure the characteristic molecules of different types of plastics in the Utrecht laboratory, using mass spectrometry," Ten Hietbrink explains.

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Using mass spectrometry imaging, the team produced detailed maps showing exactly where the drugs accumulated.

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"A novel aspect of this study was the use of mass spectrometry imaging to directly measure and visualize drug uptake in patient tumour tissue. Through the spatial mapping of drug molecules, we could pinpoint regions of high and low drug and compare gene expression, from the same tissue slice, using spatial transcriptomics," says Dr. Zoe Hall, senior author and Associate Professor at Imperial's Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction.

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Mass spectrometry is a widely used technique that helps scientists determine what molecules are present in a sample and how much of each there is.

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"What revolutionized DNA sequencing wasn't any change in the underlying chemistry. That's remained fundamentally the same," says Brian T. Chait, Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry at Rockefeller.

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