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microarray

British  
/ ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈreɪ /

noun

  1. another name for biochip

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The trial found no safety concerns with delivering the measles and rubella vaccine using a microarray patch.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

The microarray patch sticks to the arm and lots of microscopic needles deliver the vaccine through the skin, with no pain.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

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 • Sep. 2, 2022

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 • Mar. 21, 2022

Scientists use DNA microarray technology to study hundreds or thousands of genes at once, to understand their activity levels.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

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