In 1997, Juha Kononen, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute, was pondering the significance of the recently developed DNA microarray. He was studying genetically ...

Tissue microarray (TMA) technology has transformed colorectal cancer research by enabling simultaneous analysis of hundreds of tissue samples under uniform experimental conditions. In this approach, ...

With respect to assay development, quality assurance and, ultimately, clinical adoption, the primary subject of this review, these advantages are critical. Implicit with these advantages, TMAs enable ...

Emphasis on Potential Clinical Applications and Enhancing RNA Sample Quality Researchers are beginning to look at tissue microarrays (TMA) from different perspectives, including one with a strong ...

If there's anyone who can appreciate tissue microarrays, it's histology technician Sabina Magedson. Having worked in a pathology laboratory at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for years, ...

Definition: A microarray is a small, flat substrate carrying an ordered grid of microscopic probe features, each containing a known biological molecule, that is used to measure many molecular targets ...

Tissue microarrays combines tens to hundreds of paraffin-embedded tissue cores into a single paraffin block. It is a practical and highly effective technique for high-throughput analyses of various ...