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Quantitative real time polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) is a PCR technique used for biomedical research. In addition to amplifying a specific sequence of the genetic code, qRT-PCR the amount of DNA ...

In the PCR virtual lab on Learn.Genetics users carry out the steps to make billions of copies of a DNA segment -- an important step in diagnosing diseases and matching criminals to crime scenes. This ...

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 ...

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 ...