Health & Welfare

Polymerase chain reaction: How useful is it?

Polymerase chain reaction testing is a powerful tool that can detect very low levels of pathogens, but its ability to screen and produce results that represent the population is often oversimplified. Screening of the wrong tissues or too few animals can lead to incorrect conclusions. 

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What is PCR?
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Health & Welfare

What is PCR?

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular biology technique that amplifies the number of copies of a specific region of DNA to produce enough to be tested.