Biologist performing PCR analysis

Description

A biologist sets up a liquid-handling robot in order to perform a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) analysis to detect the presence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2).

Credit

Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Hsi Liu, Ph.D., MBA and James Gathany, content providers/ 2007

Source

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/imageidsearch.asp (Image ID # 10030)