The Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) defines Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as a “disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible...

RT-qPCR is a common tool for quantification of gene expression, but its accuracy is dependent on the choice and stability (steady state expression levels) of the reference gene/s used for normalization. To date, in the bone...

Two people can perform the same real-time PCR experiment and get different results. Researchers are quantifying this variability to understand its source and how to fix it.

Two people can perform the same real-time PCR experiment and get different results. Researchers are quantifying this variability to understand its source and how to fix it.

The QX100 Droplet Digital PCR system is the third generation of PCR technology. Droplet Digital ™ PCR (ddPCR ™) provides an absolute measure of target DNA molecules with unrivaled accuracy, precision, and sensitivity....

Genomic DNA (gDNA) contamination is an inherent problem during RNA purification that can lead to non-specific amplification and aberrant results in reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT—qPCR). Currently, there is no...

The relentless march of genome sequencing technology continued this week, right on target. When I wrote about the race to the $1,000 genome late...

AccuGenomics develops and commercializes standardized gene expression tests that accurately diagnose, monitor and guide cancer treatment. Capitalizing on a high growth diagnostic market, the company offers highly...

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The power of high–throughput DNA sequencing technologies is being harnessed by researchers to address an increasingly diverse range of biological problems. The scale and efficiency of sequencing that can now be achieved is...