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spatial transcriptomics

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[spay-shuhl tran-skrip-toh-miks, -tahm-iks] / ˈspeɪ ʃəl ˌtræn skrɪpˈtoʊ mɪks, -ˈtɑm ɪks /
Also spatially resolved transcriptomics

noun

  1. Genetics. (used with a singular verb) a method of analysis in transcriptomics that integrates data regarding gene expression with spatial information, indicating not only which genes are or have been active but the location of this activity in tissue.


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Secondly, spatial transcriptomics -- a cutting-edge technology that shows us where these cellular activities occur -- expanded the map across the entire spinal cord, preserving the spatial context and relationships between different cell types.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

The researchers combined eight cutting-edge omics technologies, including single-cell RNA sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, and spatial transcriptomics to map and localise genes expressed in the tissue.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2024

Thanks to recent technological advances, in particular a new technique called spatial transcriptomics, Henderson and his team were able to compare brain cells with Lewy bodies to brain cells without Lewy bodies in deep detail.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2024

The researchers also applied spatial transcriptomics to 36 regions of interest -- 12 in PAS-adherent, 12 in PAS-nonadherent, and 12 in controls.

From Science Daily Jan. 30, 2024

The longitudinal study, which represents the world's largest genomic survey of patients with intestinal metaplasia, examines more than 1,100 tissue samples using powerful technologies such as single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics*.

From Science Daily Dec. 11, 2023

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