In quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), multiplexing increases sample throughout, while reducing the time and cost associated with having separate reactions for each target. Furthermore, the ...

Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) are powerful molecular biology techniques for quantifying and analyzing DNA or RNA, but they differ in their approach and applications.

Daniel Blanchard (left) is a molecular biologist and geneticist by training who, before joining Thermo Fisher Scientific (MA, USA), spent many years in academia, working mainly on RNA biology, RNAi ...