Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has been the star molecular diagnostic and forensic technique. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken RT-PCR, a variant of PCR technology secluded in molecular biology ...

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone has heard of the acronym PCR or the phrase PCR testing. But what is PCR technology? What is it used for and how has it revolutionised molecular ...

In 1983, American biochemist Kary Mullis was driving home late at night when a flash of inspiration struck him. He wrote on the back of a receipt the idea that would eventually grant him the Nobel ...

Kary B Mullis invented the PCR test that’s being used as the Covid-19 test. He died suddenly in August 2019. Our verdict He did invent PCR, which is a process used to test whether someone currently ...