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  • noun A microscopic bead

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Examples

  • They also monitor the mechanical properties of infected red blood cells by measuring membrane temperature fluctuations, and through the response of a "microbead" that is attached to the cell and twisted.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • They also monitor the mechanical properties of infected red blood cells by measuring membrane temperature fluctuations, and through the response of a "microbead" that is attached to the cell and twisted.

    unknown title 2009

  • They also monitor the mechanical properties of infected red blood cells by measuring membrane temperature fluctuations, and through the response of a "microbead" that is attached to the cell and twisted.

    innovations-report 2009

  • DR Cysteamine is Raptor's proprietary enteric-coated, microbead oral formulation of cysteamine bitartrate designed to potentially reduce dosing frequency and reduce gastrointestinal side effects associated with immediate-release cysteamine bitartrate, which is approved for sale by the FDA and European Medicines Agency to treat nephropathic cystinosis.

    unknown title 2011

  • The team put a glass microbead on the tip of the AFM needle and used it to press down on living cells.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • The team put a glass microbead on the tip of the AFM needle and used it to press down on living cells.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • The team put a glass microbead on the tip of the AFM needle and used it to press down on living cells.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Krishhan VV, Khan IH, Luciw PA (2009) Multiplexed microbead immunoassays by flow cytometry for molecular profiling: Basic concepts and proteomics applications.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Enrico Domenici et al. 2010

  • The team put a glass microbead on the tip of the AFM needle and used it to press down on living cells.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • The team put a glass microbead on the tip of the AFM needle and used it to press down on living cells.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • This revelation is the latest in an anti-microplastic movement that also saw the UK ban microbeads (plastic spheres sometimes added to shower products, among other applications) in 2018.

    Glitter is an environmental abomination. It's time to stop using it | Adrienne Matei Adrienne Matei 2020

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