Once the concept of PCR popped into Kary Mullis’ head in 1983 it wasn’t long before scientists realized they had a revolutionary technology in their hands. Because now they could take the smallest ...

With laboratory methods and diagnostics advancing apace, Francesca Lake considers whether PCR is likely to retain its crown as an essential lab method, or whether it could be replaced and consigned to ...

In its formative years PCR and its intellectual possessors had to go through some legal wrangling over the originality of the technique. In point of fact, a 13-year earlier paper by Nobelist Gobind ...

Note: An expanded version of this article, with complete Methods and Materials, is available exclusively in Web Extras. Quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR has evolved into a widely used tool ...

(Nanowerk News) Storing data in DNA sounds like science fiction, yet it lies in the near future. Professor Tom de Greef expects the first DNA data center to be up and running within five to ten years.

In Part 3 of our COVID-19 diagnostics and detection miniseries, supported by Roche, we explore the contribution PCR has made towards diagnosis during the pandemic. Providing me with an insight into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . University CMV testing among newborns is not common. In Minnesota, the first state with universal CMV testing, a ...

Different PCR-based DNA fingerprinting techniques were evaluated for identification and discrimination of bacterial strains. Fifteen strains of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotypes Typhi ...

Coexpression of EGFR, pEGFR, VEGF, pVEGF, PTEN, pAKT, and p21 in colorectal cancer patients can have IHC variability between metastases and primary tumours and for EGFR-targeted therapies, p21 and ...