In most cases, the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR ... This extension of real-time PCR technology, called reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), combines real-time PCR with reverse transcription ...

Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA. PCR is very precise and can be used to amplify, or copy, a specific DNA target from a ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...