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microinjection

American  
[mahy-kroh-in-jek-shuhn] / ˌmaɪ kroʊ ɪnˈdʒɛk ʃən /

noun

Biology.
  1. injection performed under a microscope, especially of a solution or gene transplant into a cell or cell part.


Etymology

Origin of microinjection

First recorded in 1920–25; micro- + injection

Example Sentences

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have constructed a robot that uses machine learning to fully automate a complicated microinjection process used in genetic research.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

Typically, this type of research requires highly skilled technicians to perform the microinjection, which many laboratories do not have.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

B, blastocyst; SB, start of blastocyst formation; SC, start of cavitation. c, Morphokinetic analysis of human development after microinjection.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

We identified an efficient OCT4-targeting guide RNA using an inducible human embryonic stem cell-based system and microinjection of mouse zygotes.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

It has been suggested that microinjection of sgRNA and Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes may reduce mosaicism and allelic complexity by bypassing the requirement for Cas9 translation and sgRNA–Cas9 complex formation in embryos19, 20.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

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