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Getting started!
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Getting started!
so i'm just getting started to do my research. it's about a microship that helps some kind of disease, so it is necessary for me to develop this microship? which i found it hard because i'm working alone.
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deleted-224136
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Re: Getting started!
Hey,
That's great! I'm not sure how to make a microchip at all, but is there someone that you could contact from a microchip manufacturer that might be able to help. Do you know what type of microchip you are trying to make and do you have the supplies already?
That's great! I'm not sure how to make a microchip at all, but is there someone that you could contact from a microchip manufacturer that might be able to help. Do you know what type of microchip you are trying to make and do you have the supplies already?
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Re: Getting started!
If you cannot develop your own microchip, perhaps you can use an existing microchip design in a new way?
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caraskl
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Re: Getting started!
Are you referring to a DNA microchip? DNA microchips are used to measure gene expression and to identify gene mutations. A DNA microchip is a plastic that consists of thousands of short, single-stranded DNA molecules that collectively constitute a gene. The degree to which fluorescent-labeled DNA taken from a tissue sample from an individual binds to the DNA on the microchip indicates whether the gene is expressed in an individual.