For a long time, we viewed COVID testing as something you do for your own health, but home PCR testing represents a way you can easily protect those vulnerable people in your life without cutting them ...

RSV tests include nasal swabs or blood tests to detect the virus's genetic material or antibodies, but rapid tests provide quick results.

With the JN.1 variant pushing COVID case counts higher in the lead up to the holidays, testing is an important test to protect your family.

By providing quantitative information about Covid-19 infection, PCR testing can help guide isolation and return to school or work policies.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social ...

After exposure to COVID-19, most infections become detectable within 3–7 days. Testing too early can yield false negatives, ...

The ability to check for many pathogens simply and simultaneously will make PCR tests more powerful than ever before, says a South Korean Company which is pursuing “molecular diagnostics for a ...

Going beyond its current use in diagnostics, PCR is expanding its applications and effectiveness in countering emerging pathogens.

Multiple infectious disease specialists told USA TODAY COVID-19 PCR tests cannot be used to clone humans.

The testing rate dropped even compared to July of this year, when the department reported about 1,400 tests per day despite low levels of Covid.

PCR-based bacterial and fungal detection helps scientists efficiently analyze the sterility of their cell cultures, improving Mycoplasma testing and beyond.