ABSTRACT
An RNA assay (test) that “amplies RNA probes” that a researcher is seeking. For instance, by using the Q-beta replicase technique to assay for the presence of RNA that is specic to the AIDS virus, it is possible to detect an AIDS infection in a patient’s blood sample long before that infection has progressed to the point where antibodies would appear in the blood. See also Q-beta replicase, RNA probes, Ribonucleic acid (RNA), Positive and negative selection (PNS), Assay, Immunoassay, Antibody, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, Cocloning, Western blot test.
