Whereas polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a common technique for the amplification of DNA fragments and a widely used nucleic acid amplification technology (NAAT) for the detection and ...

Definition: A microarray is a small, flat substrate carrying an ordered grid of microscopic probe features, each containing a known biological molecule, that is used to measure many molecular targets ...

As a graduate student, Eric Olson learned something about DNA microarrays: Biochip data management can be vexing. His graduate adviser abandoned a number of microarray experiments because it was too ...