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08 Apr

Most tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2 are based on one of the most -if not the most- used technique in molecular biology; namely PCR. PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) can amplify (make many copies of) a short region (e.g. a gene) of a DNA molecule. Why do...