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PCR vs. Rapid Test for COVID-19: Which Should You Take?
Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain ...
Nature1y
One-stop shop for multi-pathogen PCR testing is disease-detection game changer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a staggering 340 million tests for the virus were supplied across the world by a company based in South Korea that specializes in so-called syndromic real-time ...
Nature5mon
A brighter future with advances in PCR
First developed more than four decades ago as a biological research technique to amplify nucleic acids, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology still has untapped potential, with many exciting ...
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Bio-Rad Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Droplet Digital PCR SARS-CoV-2 Test Kit
The SARS-CoV-2 Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) test runs on Bio-Rad's QX200 and QXDx ddPCR systems. The high sensitivity of the test makes it well suited to screening upper respiratory samples in patients ...