New solution empowers scientists to precisely evaluate the efficiency of their experiment in less time and at lower cost than with any other method

GeneStrat is a genomic liquid biopsy test utilizing circulating tumor nucleic acids from plasma that is used by physicians to inform treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Breakthrough research published in PLOS ONE demonstrates quantitative, PCR-free detection of microRNA

J. Christopher Love, PhD, associate professor in chemical engineering at MIT, and Maroof Adil, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, talk to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about advances in single-cell sequencing.

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Components of a successful PCR

Validated for human identification, the system drives efficiencies and positions casework laboratories for future advancements

A new method for controlling the DNA duplication process makes it possible to shrink the current desktop machines to handheld devices which could be used in the field to provide early diagnosis of a wide range of infectious diseases

To quantify nucleic acids, DNA, or RNA, scientists often use the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)

Tanuja Koppal, PhD discusses regular versus digital PCR with Drs. Emir Hodzic, Keith R. Jerome, and Ruth Hall Sedlak.

Siemens integrates Thermo Fisher’s real-time PCR System into the VERSANT® kPCR Molecular Solution

Automated liquid handling (ALH) systems span the range from semi-automated multichannel pipettors to room-sized systems. The industry is trending toward versatile, modular ALH systems—seemingly for every budget. Likewise, instrumentation, software, and methods have followed the trend toward greater user accessibility.