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Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting
A sperm selection technique that isolates apoptotic spermatozoa using magnetic microspheres conjugated with Annexin V, yielding a healthy cellular fraction with high DNA integrity for assisted reproduction. It is also known as MACS.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Cell biology
Level of specialization High
Definition source National Library of Medicine
Gender relationship Yes, man
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Man
Variants
Abbreviation
Formal
Synonym
magnetic cell sorting
Formal
magnetic-activated cell sorting
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

técnica MACS
MACS

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MACS
tècnica MACS
Associated concepts
Type of
assisted reproduction techniques
Examples
Magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) allows for the selection of cells according to the presence of absence of a specific molecular marker that has been previously tagged.
We sought to increase the efficiency through magnetic activated cell sorting, which is otherwise a common procedure.
Collocations
WITH VERBS
develop | evaluate Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting
WITH ADJECTIVES
efficient Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting