BioTechniques

PCR: king or squire?

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 ...
Labroots

Pathogen Detection and Surveillance Using Real Time PCR Technology Inside and Outside the Lab

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology-based testing method has been widely recognized as the golden standard for detecting infectious agents. Real‐time monitoring of PCR has further simplified ...
GEN

Maximizing Laboratory Efficiency and Output with Microfluidics-Based PCR

Modifications and adaptations continue to improve how we use PCR, spurring a new level of creativity in genomics hypotheses and enabling a broad versatility in applications. PCR has the speed, ...
Nature

Virus PCR Assay Panels: An Alternative to the Mouse Antibody Production Test

The transmission of viruses through biological materials is of great concern to many researchers and managers of lab animal facilities. There is ample documentation 1 for the confounding effects of ...
GEN

GEN Roundup: PCR from the Lab to the Point of Care

If a laboratory technique is around long enough, it can start to seem like a comfortable piece of furniture. That’s the case for PCR, a technique so venerable that even its descendants, digital PCR ...
Business Wire

BioIQ and Biomeme Announce Partnership for COVID Testing, Bringing the RT-PCR Laboratory and Gold-Standard Testing to the Worksite for Fast and Highly Sensitive Results

The partnership expands BioIQ’s fully integrated healthcare services to include Biomeme’s on-site testing platform to provide accurate, real-time RT-PCR COVID-19 test results with centralized access ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

State issues new guidance on when to seek PCR COVID-19 testing as demand soars in Massachusetts

POINT. THEESRE A RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE ARE NOT RULES. ETH STATE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT DENYING ANYBODY A PCR TEST BUT THE STATE DOES WANT STTE SEEKERS TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WHETHER THEY REALLY NEED IT.
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Monkeypox Rapid PCR Test in Development

Last spring, a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 — developed by Northwestern University spinoff company Minute Molecular Diagnostics — received emergency use authorization (EUA) ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Methodological Validation and Clinical Application Value of Microfluidic Multiplex PCR for Rapid Detection of Community-Acquired Respiratory Pathogens ()

Objective: To evaluate the detection performance of microfluidic chip-based multiplex PCR technology for rapid detection of ...
Digital Journal

Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutes

Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. Demand for coronavirus tests has soared around the world ...
WPXI

Where you can get a COVID-19 test in Pittsburgh, how long it takes for results

Residents now have access to a variety of options for testing including community-based testing, walk-up van testing, testing at the Federally Qualified Health Centers, and a McKeesport Drive-Thru ...