bioballistics en · NOUN
Etymology
From bio- + ballistics, itself from ballista + -ics or by surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Synonym of biolistics.
These include mechanical and electrical transfection techniques, such as microinjection, bioballistics, hydrodynamic force, ultrasonic nebulization, and electroporation, and chemical/biochemical methods, such as calcium phosphate coprecipitation, and membrane permeation catalyzed by artificial lipids, peptides/proteins, dendrimers, and virus-based vectors [2 ].
2016 March 5, “Identification of a Short Cell-Penetrating Peptide from Bovine Lactoferricin for Intracellular Delivery of DNA in Human A549 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: