RE: Lucky pants and £3 Billion contract19 Apr 2021 11:01
Morning all .
Exert from CCL below , they do use our tests and guest star in our videos .
PCR detection
The final stage of the lab process is to test the purified RNA samples for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This is done by a method called Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR. Here, small fragments of the virus’s RNA if present in the sample are amplified over time to produce a signal that the lab instrument can detect. The reagent kit we are using in the CCL lab is from Primerdesign, the GeneSig COVID-19 kit. This test is widely used by Public Health England, and the NHS, and has been found to be highly specific and sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection.