The PCR test, which involves replicating a segment of COVID-19 DNA, is distinct from human cloning. In addition, the paper cited as evidence predates the pandemic and is unrelated to human cloning.

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Here are the differences.

Now, due to this improved awareness of accurate PCR testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is increasingly being adopted in non-COVID PCR tests for various kinds of infections such as ...

But lab-based PCR tests amplify the genetic material in a different way to this home-based test. So, strictly speaking, this new test is not a PCR test. The new test isn’t a RAT either.

RSV tests include nasal swabs or blood tests to detect the virus's genetic material or antibodies, but rapid tests provide quick results.

The disadvantage of standard PCR tests is that they are not currently suited to mass, ad hoc, on-the-spot testing, where the greatest possible ease-of-use, rapid results and reasonable costs are ...

Travelers to China will no longer need to show a negative PCR test result starting Saturday, in another easing of the country's coronavirus controls.

Using PCR, a polymerase chain reaction test that provides fast results, may lead to overdiagnosis of UTIs and the misuse of antibiotics, the experts said.