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AI Biosciences Develops Cheap, Rapid DIY Thermal Cycler for Low-Resource Settings

Jul 08, 2015
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Madeleine Johnson
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Vintage biotech methods aren't often revived, but the old-fashioned PCR technique of dunking tubes in baths of heated water has now been adapted, with a few tweaks, into an inexpensive thermal cycler for use in low-resource settings.

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