Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apparatus, such as a fermentation chamber, for growing organisms such as bacteria or yeast that are used in the biotechnological production of substances such as pharmaceuticals, antibodies, or vaccines, or for the bioconversion of organic waste.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an apparatus in which a suspension of microorganisms in a liquid are used to perform chemical reactions, as in synthesis of pharmaceutical agents or the conversion of harmful waste to less harmful substances. The reactor consists of a vessel to contain the suspension of microorganisms, plus a variety of attached devices used to control the reaction.
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- noun biochemistry A
fermentation vat , containingmicroorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for waste recycling or for making drugs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They are then placed in a 'bioreactor' - a piece of electrical equipment developed by NASA to mimic the effects of weightlessness.
British scientists grow human liver in a laboratory Argent 2006
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David Green's team at Harvard Biosciences in Holliston, Mass., traveled to Stockholm and placed the matrix and the solution of cells into a custom-made device called a bioreactor.
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The company has added a third bioreactor, which is expected to gain approval by year end.
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The bioreactor is a closed system, connected to a computer, so the cultivation conditions such as oxygen use, acidity and temperature can be tracked online, allowing much better monitoring of cell growth.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires - Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of a new technology that
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Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires - Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of a new technology that
unknown title 2009
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Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires - Tubes packed with bundles of white fibers are the core of a bioreactor, which is the heart of a new technology that
unknown title 2009
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In 1999, Duke researchers led by Laura Niklason, M.D., reported in the journal Science on experiments in which they grew pig arteries in a novel "bioreactor" system that mimics the fetal environment, and then successfully implanted these bioengineered arteries back into the pig.
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Gene therapy that causes the bladder to act like a "bioreactor" to produce and secrete the anti-canc ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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This was done in a "bioreactor," a box where the inside and outside of the trachea were exposed only to their two separate environments.
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