Preparation, construction and high-throughput automated analysis of human brain tissue microarrays for neurodegenerative disease drug development

Malvindar K. Singh-Bains, Nasim F. Mehrabi, Adelie Y. S. Tan, Richard L. M. Faull, Mike Dragunow

Published: 2021-03-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00503-7

Drug Discovery

Neurodegenerative Diseases

High-Throughput Analysis

Tissue Microarrays

Automated Platforms

AI 解读

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Preparation, construction and high-throughput automated analysis of human brain tissue microarrays for neurodegenerative disease drug development

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