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What is the difference between quantitative PCR and digital PCR?
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) are both methods of determining the quantity of a particular nucleic acid target in a given reaction. To …
Routine wastewater monitoring: why is digital PCR the best approach?
Routine wastewater monitoring is a more cost-effective way to monitor transmission dynamics because sewage influent effectively pools samples from an entire community.
Improving Consistency in Wastewater Testing
Wastewater based epidemiology, or WBE, is a method of testing wastewater for the genetic material of pathogens which can be used as a biomarker for …
Using Wastewater Based Epidemiology to Fight COVID-19
As of December 2020, COVID-19 has infected over 72 million people globally, causing over 1.6 million deaths, with numbers expected to rise through the early …
Digital PCR versus Droplet Digital PCR: What’s the difference?
What is digital PCR? Digital PCR (dPCR) is an emergent technology poised to become the new gold standard in precise nucleic acid quantitation. However, it …
Dye Selection for Absolute Q
The Absolute Q® Digital PCR Platform comes in a single optical configuration which is pre-calibrated at the factory. The following compatible dyes may be used …
