Kits, reagents and viruses
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven use of the words “kit” and “reagent”. I completely feel for you if you still have no real idea of what is meant by the Read More …
Category: PCR
What does a positive PCR result mean…or not mean?
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has remained a hugely important laboratory tool for decades. Subtle changes to the enzymes and drastic change to detection of a result have occurred in Read More …
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)…a primer for virus detection
IMPORTED POST* The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a cyclical enzyme-driven amplification technique for copying a chain of DNA into billions of new copies. The purpose of PCR is to Read More …
HTLV-1 primers: a list of some that have been published in the scientific literature
In recent weeks there has been a surge in media interest about a virus called human T-lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-1) that is present among the Indigenous Australians living in communities Read More …
PCR primers…a primer!
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR, described here) works mainly because of two components – a heat-stable DNA polymerase enzyme (adds new nucleotides to a chain of nucleotides) and a pair Read More …