A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...

With the development of at-home COVID-19 tests, there are several ways to get tested in the safety and privacy of your own home.

CDC test can’t differentiate between COVID and the flu? That’s wrong. While the CDC is withdrawing its EUA request for the 2019-nCoV RT-PCR test, it is not because the test is faulty.

Conclusion In the United Kingdom, PCR testing is still the most common way to diagnose COVID-19. Compared to other testing methods, it is a more reliable way to assess and diagnose the disease.

With at-home tests, a user’s method matters too and making a mistake can mean getting a false negative.” While the PCR test has a longer turnaround time, but it has an higher accuracy rate.

The World Health Organization says a widely used PCR test can signal a potential omicron variant COVID-19 infection.

The Iowa-based company’s primer and probe testing kit, a key component of the PCR test for COVID-19, was the first to be approved by the CDC.

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 ...

State officials told public schools this week to begin the transition to a new Covid-19 testing system. But officials said independent schools should continue to do what they are doing.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was detected easiest when using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests in a pediatric population.