The samples revealed "no-see-um" gold, invisible to the naked eye but detectable via assay.
Hence a positive response to a IAP assay may well just indicate XMRV or PMLV infection.
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The company is currently developing a new diagnostic assay to detect the cancer.
Certainly they're in a better position than the public is to assay Triarc.
Later, coiners used scales to assay the purity of precious metals and gems.
Let me ask you this, how many hospitals use a CYP450 affy chip SOP or an invader UGT1a1 assay ?
Because using a new ultra-sensitive assay, small amounts of DNA from a pig virus were detected in the vaccine preparation.
Assay: In a novel, a mark of greatness is that a reader can return, over and over, and find something new.
For example, in their assay group, or their testing group, they have an RVP test, which stands for respiratory viral panel.
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Its versatile microarray assay contains over 12, 000 electrodes available for individual assay.
The authors theorise that this may be due to the inability of their PCR assay to detect XMRV in low copy numbers.
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On its conference call today, VaxGen spoke about finding such an assay.
Dr. Zak notes that it's far too soon to use his genetic assay as a hiring tool the results still need to be replicated.
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In a patient with a known hemoglobin disorder, the doctor may want to specifically request that the HgA1C assay be done by boronate affinity chromatography.
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This can be for assay development, where you need to have the same animal to test drugs and to compare drugs with other people working in other countries.
To reach these goals, T2 has built a team of 33 professionals including 10 to 12 PhDs who focus on so-called assay development and others with MRI skills.
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That could mean there is a genetic difference that determines whether the vaccine works, and that an assay might measure how effective the vaccine is in a particular patient.
Moreover while the authors demonstrated that their IAP assay could not amplify human DNA they did not demonstrate that it could not amplify IAP sequences in prostate tumour tissue.
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The probability of a false positive in a chemical assay for a drug or poison (something appearing to show up when it isn't really there) is reasonably well known.
Basically, to assess mineral content the geologists drill some holes and assay the ore for potash exploring percentage of mineral content as well as the thickness of the pay zone.
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Geron and GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric, are developing and commercializing cellular assay products derived from human embryonic stem cells for use in drug discovery, development and toxicity screening.
General Electric ( GE - news - people ), are developing and commercializing cellular assay products derived from human embryonic stem cells for use in drug discovery, development and toxicity screening.
How unusual Dr Marlar discovered when he applied his biochemical assay to the coprolite and found traces of human myoglobin, which were not detected in prehistoric coprolites from other sites or in modern faecal samples.
So Dr Wildt's group is, for example, using a test-tube assay to measure hormone patterns in the faeces of endangered clouded leopards, and correlating these to behaviour under stress with a view to improving reproductive efficiency.
Scott Walter, master of the Scottish Assay Office, owned by the Incorporation of Goldsmiths, said the 28in high and 18in wide sculpture would be placed opposite the entrance of the public lobby in the new parliament building.
The A1C assay, which has been used for nearly 30 years to determine how well a patient controls diabetes, is a more stable, reliable diagnostic tool than the techniques currently in use, the authors of the report said.
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