or real-time RT–PCR. Fast and accurate, real-time RT–PCR has been critical in detecting, tracking and studying COVID-19. But what is it, and how does it work? Let us explain.

Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR ... instruments for reverse transcription, amplification, and detection using RT ...

Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific Applied Biosystems, qPCR The QuantStudio 7 Pro system can be used with the Orbitor RS2 mover, a microplate robot. This enables real-time PCR in automated ...