In 2003, Kary Mullis took The Scientist readers behind the scenes of the night in 1983 when he came up with the idea for PCR. He included a photo of his lab notebook that depicts his very first ...
During the COVID-19 health emergency, two strategies for detecting coronavirus infections were commonly adopted around the world. Part of Nature Outlook: Medical diagnostics Initially, in countries ...
Molecular testing, or molecular diagnostics, refers to a group of tests that look at the genetic material in a specimen. It can detect genetic risk factors for certain diseases or provide evidence of ...