Pathogen-agnostic testing reveals hidden respiratory threats in negative samples

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) that detects a pathogen by finding ...
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Japanese high schoolers get to grips with genetic chain reaction behind coronavirus test

A student from Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences is seen setting a tube in a thermal cycler during a special practical science lesson at Kamo Gyosei High School in the city of ...
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Major Japan airports to set up PCR test centers to help restore int'l travel

Passengers wearing protective gear are seen boarding a special flight to Vietnam at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on June 25, 2020. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- The ...
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BD, CerTest Biotec launch molecular polymerase chain reaction test for monkeypox virus

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, and CerTest Biotec announced their newly developed molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the monkeypox ...
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VOX POPULI: World in debt to surfer scientist for inventing the PCR technique

I took a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test again the other day. As always, I swung between pessimism and optimism while I awaited the result. Curious about how this ever-unsettling test was ...