Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 36.4, Problem 9RIA
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To describe: The RIA technique.
Introduction: Radioimmunoassay or RIA was developed by Rosalyn Yalow. It is essential in various biomedical research fields such as blood typing, allergy detection and study and cardiology.
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To describe: The way in which
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