Money, status, or even survival – there’s no shortage of incentives for faking results in the scientific community. What can we do to prevent it, or at least make it noticeable? One possible solution ...

Novel techniques, automated machines, sophisticated synthetic and bioprospected polymerases, and developments in symbiotic sequencing technologies have transformed PCR into a multifaceted, adaptable ...

Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...

BLUE ASH, Ohio (WKRC) - It wasn’t ordered online or delivered in a blue van, but there is a lot of valuable new equipment in the biology lab at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, thanks to ...

I'm not sure how many people here read the Lounge, but I think this'll have a better audience here than in the Lounge.<BR><BR>Scientists for Better PCR<BR><BR>It is an ad for BioRad PCR machines, yes, ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, every major surge in cases has precipitated a logjam in America's complex diagnostic testing infrastructure. Patients have been forced to wait three days, five days, ...

The Federal Government, says the slow rollout of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test Results is due to a combination of stringent rules aimed at ensuring its ...

HONOLULU-- A new research report claims private labs in Hawaii earned huge profits from PCR testing during the pandemic. "The revenues of the labs were basically tracking PCR tests, in lock step. So ...

Arthropod-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria (caused by Plasmodium spp.), and Zika are endemic and re-emerging infections in tropical and subtropical regions. During heavy monsoon ...