Real-time thermal cyclers
A real-time thermal cycler is a laboratory equipment that allows the real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to be carried out efficiently and quickly; by means of the automatic and cyclical realization of the temperature changes that are required for the amplification of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) chain; from a thermostable enzyme. The objective of this type of PCR is to detect and quantify the specific nucleic acid sequences by means of fluorescent molecules in the reaction, where the increase in fluorescence is proportional to the increase in the amount of amplified DNA molecules in the reaction.
PCR and COVID techniques
The polymerase chain reaction popularly known as PCR, is a Molecular Biology technique, widely used today, in the clinical and scientific field, because it allows the amplification of DNA fragments, starting from a very small amount of this biomolecule.