serum albumin
noun
: a crystallizable albumin or mixture of albumins that normally constitutes more than half of the protein in blood serum and serves to maintain the osmotic pressure of the blood
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Unlike Botox, which uses human serum albumin, a protein derived from human blood, to act as the carrier, Daxxify utilizes a novel peptide technology to do the same.
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Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
Human serum albumin is used in everything from vaccines to cell culture.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2011
The first, known as the nutritional hypothesis, proposes that miRNAs are just convenient packages of nutrients—much like one of breast milk’s major proteins, serum albumin—that are broken down in the gut.
—Tien Nguyen, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
Another possibility is a Novichok conjugate of serum albumin, the most abundant protein in blood.
—Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 8 Sep. 2020
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Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
Human serum albumin is used in everything from vaccines to cell culture.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2011
The first, known as the nutritional hypothesis, proposes that miRNAs are just convenient packages of nutrients—much like one of breast milk’s major proteins, serum albumin—that are broken down in the gut.
—Tien Nguyen, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
Another possibility is a Novichok conjugate of serum albumin, the most abundant protein in blood.
—Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 8 Sep. 2020
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“Serum albumin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serum%20albumin. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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