“My lab has been using PCR for more than two decades — initially for cancer testing, but in the past five years, we have seen a dramatic increase in PCR for microbiological testing,” he says.

Concerns were raised when people had positive lateral flow tests, but negative follow-up PCR results from the lab between 8 September and 12 October - most affected live in the South West of England.

Since March, 183,939 pupils in England have tested positive on a lateral flow test at home and then had a sample sent off to a laboratory for a follow-up PCR test. In total 89% of those swabs ...

The problem: Wakefield had incorrectly applied the common laboratory protocol known as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR ... added to the test tube mix as a control.

The pathologists argued that the initial Competition Commission probe into the PCR testing was an “expedited investigation”, ...

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New PCR-based approaches simplify molecular testing for health issues in infants, making diagnostic approaches more ...