COLUMBUS, Ohio — You've heard a lot of talk about genomic sequencing: It's the process used in labs to detect variants of COVID-19 from PCR test samples. Some social media users falsely claim it's ...

Thanks to an updated emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA, LabCorp's COVID-19 RT-PCR test is now the first diagnostic test for COVID-19 that permits at-home sample collection. Now, patients ...

Sampling (including transport) and sample pooling. Preventing contamination, including contamination of the laboratory equipment and the environment with viral RNA. Manual extraction of RNA, automated ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc. announced today that its PerkinElmer ® SARS-CoV-2 Real-time RT-PCR Assay received CE-IVD marking for the use of saliva as specimen type and the ...

As scientists, we can be very uncomfortable with the concept of “good enough”. It feels contrary to everything that we are trained to do—to keep meticulous notes and take our time testing and ...

One of the most widely used techniques in molecular biology is polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method used to amplify small sections of DNA or RNA in a sample by adding primers, nucleotides, DNA ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) announced today that its PerkinElmer ® SARS-CoV-2 Real-time RT-PCR Assay received CE-IVD marking for the use of saliva as specimen type ...