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 ...

Scientists have taken advantage of the power of DNA polymerase molecules to copy DNA molecules in test tubes via polymerase chain reaction, also known as PCR.

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists use short oligonucleotides as primers for polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing ... Danielle is a Senior Editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience.

PCR-Machines are based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and produce copies of genes exponentially. The PCR cycling reactions are carried out in an automated thermocycler, which is capable of ...

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to assess the relative abundances of TNIP1, CCNG1, and cyclin D1 (CCND1) messenger RNAs. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting were used to ...