Definition of "agarose" []

• A polysaccharide obtained from agar that is the most widely used medium for gel electrophoresis procedures. (noun)

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• "Researchers at the Rogosin Institute are taking tumor cells from mice, encapsulating them in beads made from a seaweed-derived sugar called agarose, and implanting them in the abdomen of cancer patients."
• "Sage Science's latest product, the pippinprep, is an automated instrument that extracts and processes DNA and related genetic materials from so-called agarose gels used in medical research labs."
• "Estroff and graduate student Hanying Li grew samples of calcite in a hydrogel called agarose -- a common dessert additive -- that mimics the way calcite grows in living things."