BioTechniques

Soil searching: new dPCR ‘DNA test’ roots out plants’ subterranean secrets

It’s a bit like giving the soil a DNA test.” A new droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method quantifies root DNA directly from soil ...
Technology Networks

Automated Quality Control: Accelerating Lot Release with PCR Assays

Automated quality control using rapid PCR assays is replacing 28-day culture tests, cutting biopharmaceutical lot release ...
Nature

Anchored multiplex PCR for targeted next-generation sequencing

Next-generation sequencing has been instrumental in the advancement of genomic research and clinical molecular diagnostics in recent years. Although the cataloguing of complete genomes and their ...

Countable Labs and Promega Announce Co-Marketing Agreement to Facilitate End-to End Biological Sample Preparation and Rare Variant Detection

Countable Labs and Promega announce co-marketing agreement to facilitate end-to end biological sample preparation and rare variant detection.
The Scientist

The History and Evolution of PCR

From starting out as a night-drive idea to becoming a global diagnostic gold standard, PCR has irreversibly transformed life sciences in its 40 years of existence. By 1991, scientists had begun ...
Silicon

Tiefere Erkenntnisse aus biologischen Proben: QIAGEN erweitert digitales PCR-System QIAcuity um Multiplexing-Funktionen höherer Ordnung

Die neuen Funktionen überwinden die Herausforderungen beim Assay-Design, die mit momentan erhältlichen quantitativen Multiplex-PCR-Methoden einhergehen. Damit eignet sich QIAcuitys digitale PCR ideal ...