PCR试验能检查一个人有没有感染病毒如HIV病毒和埃博拉病毒等，有没有感染细菌如结核杆菌等，或者有没有容易患病的遗传变异。在家庭中，PCR试验还能测试食品安全性，监控水质。

But [Stacey] and [Matt]’s OpenPCR project aims to enable anyone to do polymerase chain reaction (PCR) research on the cheap. PCR is a process that multiplies a specific piece of DNA a few ...

They call their project OpenPCR, in the tradition of open source software. The goal of OpenPCR is not to make research less expensive for large corporations, but to make it possible at all for ...