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• Tutorials: BEAMing for Cancer
  Detecting Tumor Mutations in Peripheral Blood Using Digital PCR
• BioPerspectives: Just How Versatile Is the Polymerase Chain Reaction?
  A brief history and review of what PCR can do.
• Feature Articles: RT-PCR: Ready for Prime Time?
  
• Expert Tips: 6 Considerations for Multiplex qPCR Setup
  Careful primer and probe design and optimization of amplification are critical.
• Expert Tips: 5 Tips to Help You Get PCR Automation Right
  Find out how to make the right decisions for your lab.

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• Isothermal PCR Gets Off The Dime
  February 21, 2013
  Two companies aim to make PCR and its need for thermal cycling instrumentation obsolete.
• Bio-Rad Squashes Idea That the Company Is Up for Grabs
  May 21, 2012
  CEO says whoever started the rumors was misinformed.
• Biotechnology Instruments Being Used to Detect Alien Life
  June 7, 2011
  Researchers are building devices based on molecular biology techniques like PCR and MS.

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• CST Licenses NSCLC Dx Technology to Cepheid
  
• Life Tech, FDA Ink Five-Year Food Safety Agreement
  
• Co-Diagnostics, DNA Logix Form Infectious Disease Dx JV
  
• Detecting, Tracking Brain Tumors with Digital PCR
  
• DxNA Acquiring PathoGene in MRSA MDx-Centric Deal
  

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• qPCR AND LATE-PCR, AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE FOR DNA AMPLIFICATION
  - GEN's Editor-in-Chief John Sterling interviews Lawrence Wangh, Ph.D., from Brandeis University
• THE INVENTOR OF PCR
  - GEN's Editor-in-Chief John Sterling interviews the Nobel Prize winning inventor of PCR, Dr. Kary Mullis.
• qPCR APPLICATIONS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND GENE EXPRESSION RESEARCH
  GEN's Editor-in-Chief John Sterling talks with John Quackenbush, Ph.D., from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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• How to Produce Conclusive, Reproducible RT-qPCR Data Every Time
  The MIQE guidelines and papers such as the one discussed here can be applied to avoid pitfalls.
• 7 Tips to Make PCR Primers Last Longer and PCR Reactions Run Better
  

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	AirClean Systems PCR Workstations AC600 Series PCR workstations are designed as application solutions for the manipulation and amplification of DNA and RNA. These PCR workstations are available in 24”, 32”, and 48” widths. Additional features include built-in 254 nm ultraviolet lig
	Bio-Rad PCR Plate Sealer and Heat Seals Designed for PCR, real-time PCR (qPCR), and Droplet Digital™ PCR (ddPCR™) applications, the PX1 PCR plate sealer and associated heat sealing films and foils can remove human variability from plate sealing and prevent sample evaporation from impacti
	Bibby Scientific PCR Thermal Cycler The Prime Elite from Techne is a networkable PCR thermal cycler specifically designed to meet the high-throughput needs and short timescales demanded in multiuser environments. USB connectivity allows the addition of up to three satellites to form
	Bio-Rad 96-Well PCR Plates The Hard-Shell® 96-well 480 PCR plate is designed specifically for the Roche LightCycler 480 system. The Hard-Shell technology prevents plate warping that often occurs during thermal cycling. The two-component microplate design incorporates a

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• GEN Webinars: Inline Automation and Miniaturized Reaction Volumes for Real Time Isothermal DNA Amplification
  

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