biological assay
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biological assay — The determination of the effect of any stimulus, physical, chemical, biological, physiological, or psychological, by means of the response which it produces in living organisms or matter … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
biological assay — noun : bioassay … Useful english dictionary
Assay — An assay is an analysis done to determine: {{}}The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance. Thus, an assay may be done for example to determine the level of thyroid hormones in the blood of a person suspected of being hypothyroid … Medical dictionary
biological product — noun : a complex pharmaceutical substance, preparation, or agent of organic origin depending for its action on the processes effecting immunity and used especially in diagnosis and treatment of disease (as a vaccine or pollen extract); also : any … Useful english dictionary
assay dish — noun A small, square glass or plastic dish, having ruled orientation lines that is used in biological experiments such as agar diffusion assays, propagation of bacteria and fungi, culture and screening of bacteria and yeast colonies … Wiktionary
Dilution assay — The term dilution assay is generally used to designate a special type of bioassay in which one or more preparations (e.g. a drug) are administered to experimental units at different dose levels inducing a measurable biological response. The dose… … Wikipedia
Enzyme assay — Beckman DU640 UV/Vis spectrophotometer. Enzyme assays are laboratory methods for measuring enzymatic activity. They are vital for the study of enzyme kinetics and enzyme inhibition. Contents … Wikipedia
Multiplex (assay) — For other uses of multiplex, see multiplex (disambiguation). A multiplex assay is a type of laboratory procedure that simultaneously measures multiple analytes (dozens or more) in a single assay. It is distinguished from procedures that measure… … Wikipedia
Radioactivity in biological research — Radioactivity can be used in life sciences as a radiolabel to easily visualise components or target molecules in a biological system. Radionuclei are synthesised in particle accelerators and have short half lives, giving them high maximum… … Wikipedia
Chemotaxis assay — Chemotaxis assays are experimental tools for evaluation of chemotactic ability of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. A wide variety of techniques are known and applied for such reason. Some of them qualitative and investigator can determine whether … Wikipedia
