Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test ...
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which amplify tiny snippets of nucleic acids in a biological sample to a level that they can be more easily identified, became a household name during the ...
But despite the exciting potential of PCR for many fields, the current system underpinning commercial tests can be unfeasible, Chun contends. PCR systems are expensive, so most manufacturers rent ...
The Competition and Markets Authority has told the BBC it warned government officials that consumers could face risks from the fast-growing Covid PCR testing industry in April and May. The ...
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 ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that its Applied Biosystemsâ„¢ TaqPathâ„¢ COVID-19 Diagnostic PCR Kit has received 510(k) ...