Definitions
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- adjective lacking cells
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Examples
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Some European hospitals already rely on the method, called cell-free fetal DNA, although it's not available from doctors in the U.S.
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Buchner's work was important for several reasons: first, it discounted long held and popular vitalistic theories that considered cellular processes as fundamentally different from other principles of chemistry; second, it introduced a methodology that would allow scientists to break down biochemical processes into their individual steps; and, finally, the discovery of cell-free fermentation had opened the doors to one of the most important concepts in biochemistry
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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The technology works by detecting "cell-free fetal DNA," or DNA from the fetus, which floats freely in a pregnant woman's blood, says author Diana Bianchi of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
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This enabled him to do controlled experiments with cell-free chemical fermentation.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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The Nobel Committee, in addition, showed great openness and foresight by recognizing the other border, that towards biology, already in 1907 with the prize to Eduard Buchner "for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation".
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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The technology works by detecting "cell-free fetal DNA," or DNA from the fetus, which floats freely in a pregnant woman's blood, says author Diana Bianchi of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
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Lately I have noticed more and more "cell-free zone" signs in offices and public places to encourage proper cell phone etiquette.
Christine Hassler: Cell-tiquette: How To Polish Up Your Cell Phone Etiquette 2009
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Lately I have noticed more and more "cell-free zone" signs in offices and public places to encourage proper cell phone etiquette.
Christine Hassler: Cell-tiquette: How To Polish Up Your Cell Phone Etiquette 2009
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I have had to declare mealtime as a cell-free time zone.
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Lately I have noticed more and more "cell-free zone" signs in offices and public places to encourage proper cell phone etiquette.
Christine Hassler: Cell-tiquette: How To Polish Up Your Cell Phone Etiquette 2009
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