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microarray

British  
/ ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈreɪ /

noun

  1. another name for biochip

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Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, working in partnership with Roche, have created a next-generation human liver organoid microarray platform designed to predict which medications might trigger harmful immune responses in certain individuals.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

The microarray patch sticks to the arm and lots of microscopic needles deliver the vaccine through the skin, with no pain.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

The researchers then used data collected during the IVF process: The couples’ embryos, 110 in all, had undergone limited genetic testing at that time, a sort of spot sequencing of cells, called microarray measurements.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2022

The Golden State Killer and many other cases relied upon a DNA test called a microarray, which generates a subset of key markers from a person’s DNA code, like an abridged version of a book.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

Scientists use DNA microarray technology to study hundreds or thousands of genes at once, to understand their activity levels.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018