Definition of "electroporation" [electroporation]

• The creation of transient pores in the cell membrane, through the application of a high-voltage electrical pulse (noun)

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• "The authors used a nifty technique called electroporation to label the cells in that region so they could watch them as the embryo grew."
• "His initial work was based upon the research of Dr. Kaali and Dr. Lyman who discovered is 1990 that small electrical currents applied to blood would kill microbes in the blood stream as well as increase the porosity of cellular membranes (referred to as electroporation)."
• "HIV vaccine testing a novel delivery mechanism known as electroporation - the use of electrical pulses to increase the immune responses elicited by DNA vaccines - was recently completed in New York City."