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What is Autofluorescence? Why it Happens and How to Avoid it

Autofluorescence, background fluorescence in unstained cells or tissues, often interferes with microscopy clarity. The article outlines causes, such as natural fluorophores like NADH, and offers strategies like selecting distinct fluorophores and optimizing sample prep to minimize its impact and enhance image accuracy.

Detecting Signal in qPCR: From DNA Binding Dyes to BHQ Probes
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Detecting Signal in qPCR: From DNA Binding Dyes to BHQ Probes

A Brief History of Detecting Amplicons The Old Days of Ethidium Bromide In the early 1990s, quantitative (q) PCR was in its infancy, and despite PCR itself already being around for 10 years, there were no easy ways of precisely quantifying the amount of DNA that was amplified in a PCR reaction. In those days PCR…