Drexel researchers have developed a simple DNA PCR-based lab test — built on a more detailed genetic analysis of the main ...

Once scientists have zeroed in on a specific segment of DNA, how do they produce enough copies of that segment for their research? In most cases, the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is their ...

[25] PCR has shown that HSV-2 ... [28] but the physical state of HSV-2 DNA and HSV-2 gene expression in latently infected human ganglia have not been studied nearly as extensively as the ...

The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward trial, but Rex Heuermann's attorneys are challenging something called nuclear DNA testing​​.

Both HSV types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2 ... [23] Available tests for herpes include both culture and PCR-DNA testing for viral shedding, and the use of blood tests to screen for previous exposure.

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 ...

HSV-1 is contagious and can be passed orally and genitally, either from mouth to mouth, genitals to genitals, mouth to ...