Ultra-fast PCR technologies for point-of-care testing

Abstract This contribution presents exemplary approaches on how to improve the most time-limiting part of polymerase chain reactions, the heating and cooling steps. A new technology, Laser PCR®, promises to deliver a solution fast enough for point-of-care applications.

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