When PCR gets dirty - tackling PCR inhibitors
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of PCR inhibitors and how digital PCR can provide more reliable quantification in various workflows.
PCR inhibitors are a hidden but pervasive challenge across environmental testing, wastewater surveillance, and gene therapy workflows. In this first Science Snapshot episode, the Absolute Gene-ius team revisits insights from multiple experts to explain how digital PCR helps overcome inhibition and deliver more reliable quantification.
Topics covered
- PCR inhibitors
- environmental testing
- wastewater surveillance
- gene therapy
- digital PCR
- quantification
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