Tissue homogenization is often treated as a routine preliminary step, yet it can influence the quality and reproducibility of the entire ...

RNA purification is a critical step in many gene expression workflows, but traditional extraction methods can increase hands-on time, sample handling, consumable use, and opportunities for sample loss ...

Real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis has become the method of choice for quantitating DNA in a wide variety of applications. The availability of commercial kits has made the technique easy to perform, ...

A new protocol detects RNA viruses such as Zika and hepatitis C directly from whole blood without purification, using heat-based processing, RNA amplification, and a portable fluorescence reader.