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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

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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

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

Analysis was also performed on blastocysts that developed following microinjection of Cas9 protein.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

Three representative examples of wild-type and edited cells are shown. d, Sanger sequencing chromatograms from OCT4-null single cells collected from human blastocysts that developed following sgRNA2b–Cas9 microinjection.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

By using an inducible human ES cell-based CRISPR–Cas9 system and optimizing mouse zygote microinjection techniques, we have identified conditions that allowed us to target POU5F1 efficiently and precisely in human zygotes.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

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