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  • abbreviation polymerase chain reaction

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  • noun polymerase chain reaction
  • verb To perform a polymerase chain reaction.

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Examples

  • PCR is now being used, for example, to discover HIV infections.

    Press Release: The 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993

  • Bacteria from a Yellowstone geyser are the source of enzymes that power a biochemical reaction called PCR, a workhorse of the genome revolution.

    What the Spill Will Kill 2010

  • And it goes through a process called PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

    CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008 2008

  • They're called PCR testing, and that's more of the gold standard.

    CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2006 2006

  • JAMES HERMAN, DOCTOR, JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL CENTER: In this room we have what are called PCR machines.

    CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2006 2006

  • For example, the more of a gold standard is a DNA base test, something called a PCR test.

    CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2006 2006

  • What if, after stopping Rebetron, you have a relapse—that is, your PCR level becomes positive again?

    DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001

  • When it is so old that no one wants it any longer, we send it to "PCR" - PC Recycling.

    Site Home John Guin 2011

  • The testing used a lab procedure called PCR that detects genetic material - in this case, the male Y chromosome.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • The testing used a lab procedure called PCR that detects genetic material - in this case, the male Y chromosome.

    FOXNews.com 2011

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