In vitro diagnostics (IVD) is an umbrella term for tests conducted on blood or tissue samples to detect diseases, determine the efficacy of novel or established treatments, and monitor health.

In the summer of 1984, Henry Erlich, Glenn Horn, Randy Saiki, and myself were working on developing a DNA test for sickle cell anemia (SCA) at Cetus Corp. SCA is an autosomal dominant disease caused ...

CLEVELAND—A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and analysis. This new technique, ...

CLONTECH's SMART RACE cDNA amplification process diagram On your mark, get set, go! And the RACE is on to obtain that potentially elusive full-length cDNA for characterizing the best gene ever. In the ...

PCR is a strong laboratory technique that amplifies nucleic acid materials for molecular biology applications like sequencing and gene expression profiling. PCR purification, also known as PCR ...