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microarray

British  
/ ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈreɪ /

noun

  1. another name for biochip

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Schena, 59, claimed his Sunnyvale, California-based company, Arrayit Corporation, had the only laboratory in the world that offered “revolutionary microarray technology” that allowed it to test for allergies and the coronavirus with the same finger-stick test kit, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times

According to the Arrayit website, its “microarray” technology could test for ovarian cancer, Parkinson’s disease, colon cancer and male fertility, among other diseases and conditions.

From New York Times

Mr. Schena described himself to investors as “the father of microarray technology,” and falsely stated that he was on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize, the Justice Department said.

From New York Times

The researchers then used data collected during the IVF process: The couples’ embryos, 110 in all, had undergone limited genetic testing at that time, a sort of spot sequencing of cells, called microarray measurements.

From Science Magazine

In 2002, as an assistant professor, DeRisi and his collaborator David Wang created the first medical version of this tool, a DNA microarray called the ViroChip that was designed to identify any known virus from a patient’s blood or tissue, and also detect any new or unknown virus.

From New York Times