Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA. PCR is very precise and can be used to amplify, or copy, a specific DNA target from a ...

A diagnostic technique that uses artificially engineered polymers — otherwise known as peptide nucleic acid (PNA) — as probes ...

1| Combine the following components of the master mix on ice and mix thoroughly: 10× KLA reaction buffer (pH 9.2): 500 mM Tris base, 160 mM (NH 4) 2 SO 4, 25 mM MgCl 2, 1% Tween 20. Note ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a fundamental molecular biology tool that scientists use to amplify and analyze genetic material, such as DNA ...

A joint team of professors—Hajun Kim, Taejoon Kwon, and Joo Hun Kang—from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST has unveiled a novel diagnostic technique that utilizes artificially ...

Forensic DNA profiling uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify short tandem repeats (STRs), which are highly variable DNA regions, typically with four repeating bases. This variability helps ...

The following is a summary of “Trends in commercial laboratory testing and positivity for Bordetella species in the United ...

Bio-Rad’s assays use real-time polymerase chain reaction technology to amplify and detect specific DNA sequences of target ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...