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Multiplexing to the max

Nature Methods volume 4, page 381 (2007)Cite this article

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Researchers demonstrate how microfluidics can be used to both synthesize millions of differentially encoded particles for multiplexed in vitro biological detection assays, as well as to decode their identities.

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Figure 1: Synthesis of bar-coded, probe-containing particles.

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  1. Allison Doerr
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Doerr, A. Multiplexing to the max. Nat Methods 4, 381 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0507-381

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