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• utilize: By utilizing cell culture assays, oncologists can choose the treatment which is most likely to work or that is what their patients want.

• bind: In vitro binding assays revealed that the ALK portion of NPM-ALK mediates interaction of the two proteins.

Adjective modifier

• immunosorbent: The comparator was an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ).

• enzyme-linked: The comparator was an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ).

• vivo: However, few in vivo assays measure these responses.

• serological: Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, BBA, Braunschweig, Germany ) for his valuable help with the serological assays.

• chromosomal: Overall, the COM concluded that the results from the in vitro chromosomal aberration assays were likely to represent a cytotoxic response.

• immunological: Results from immunological assays will not be known for 23 years.

Modifies a noun

• evaluability: The result was that their assay evaluability rate for primary lung cancers was only 11 % .

Noun used with modifier

• micronucleus: A negative result had been reported in an adequate oral bone marrow mouse micronucleus assay.

• in-vivo: Conflicting results appeared to be obtained in in-vivo assays for effects on DNA in bladder epithelium, the target tissue of concern.

• vitro: Blood samples are taken from these animals to provide cells for in vitro assays, which further reduces the number of animals used.

• lymphoma: A positive result has been obtained in a mouse lymphoma assay 13,14.

• in-vitro: Furthermore the Committee felt that there was little to be gained by the additional in-vitro assay for DNA damage.

• irritancy: A similar result was obtained by Kinghorn & Evans ( 1975a ) with the latex using a mouse ear irritancy assay.

Preposition: in

• lymphocyte: Members felt that the hprt assay in human lymphocytes may not be sufficiently sensitive or appropriate for detecting smoking induced mutations.

• mouse: Detection of chemical mutagens by the dominant lethal assay in the mouse.

Preposition: for

• clastogenicity: Negative results were obtained in in vivo bone marrow assay for clastogenicity.

• detection: The aim of this study was to develop a PCR assay for the specific detection of Peptostreptococcus magnus in oral clinical specimens.

• mutation: He has been particularly involved in the development of bacterial assays for gene mutations.