A team of UK-based scientists has recently developed an allele-specific probe polymerase chain reaction method that can accurately detect different variants/lineages of severe acute respiratory ...

The sensitivity and specificity assessment based on 57 positive samples and 33 negative samples is demonstrated in Table 1. All of the kits showed a high specificity except the Sansure kit that showed ...

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 ...