COVID-19 tests are in greater demand than ever, and new data about the Omicron variant can make picking and using different types of tests confusing. Molecular tests for COVID-19, like the "RT-PCR" ...

For more than 30 years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been the gold standard in molecular diagnostic testing, detecting genetic material, such as those from a virus or from human DNA. But PCR, ...

Remember that the RT-PCR test is just one part of how to diagnose and treat a patient with suspected COVID-19. It is important to look at the rest of the patient’s laboratory results and their images.

While it is true that the CDC withdrew its emergency use authorization request for one of the agency’s issued RT-PCR COVID-19 tests, it is false to say it "failed its full review" and false to say ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News: Eurofins Technologies (Paris:ERF) announces the launch of its CE-IVD marked multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR (reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction) ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services, announces that COVID-19 RT-PCR testing volume has increased in 2022 ...

MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The current Coronavirus chaos is largely caused by phony PCR tests marketed as RT-qPCR assays, explained Dr. Sin Hang Lee, director of Milford, Connecticut-based ...

Anubhav Anusha is the founder of the healthcare diagnostic and research company, GeneStore, which has launched the world’s most affordable COVID-19 RT-PCR test kit at a price of Rs. 199. Anusha is ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visby Medical™ announced today that its instrument-free Reverse Transcription (RT)-Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test was granted Emergency ...

Viruses that cause measles and the common cold do not produce false-positive COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, contrary to posts circulating widely online. A ...