Esco has released its newest line of PCR thermal cyclers - the Esco Spectrum 96 Real Time Thermal Cycler.
The spectrum series combines amplification and detection Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), which is claimed to be an important tool for the detection of DNA and RNA with applications across all biotechnology/molecular biology research, including forensics, gene expression, identification and discovery.
The instrument can be used in research applications.
Real-time PCR combines amplification and detection steps into one single procedure, saving time.
It measures sample during the exponential phase of the PCR reaction and produces results while the reaction is in progress.
This achieves detection accuracy from very low initial concentrations of starting material.
Real-time PCR is sufficiently sensitive to detect as low as twofold changes, allowing discrimination in yields that are not possible to achieve with Agarose gels.
