Virus Detection and Transmission Kit plus Fast Blast Electrophoresis Reagents #17008251EDU

Use the Virus Detection and Transmission Kit to teach your students the science behind molecular diagnostics in the context of epidemiology and public health. Based on published viral transmission cases studies, this hands-on lab activity puts your students into the roles of an emergency room (ER) doctor, medical laboratory scientist, epidemiologist, and public health official as they use agarose gel electrophoresis to analyze patient samples and deduce how a novel virus strain spread through a restaurant.

This kit configuration includes Fast Blast DNA Stain, an ultrasensitive, convenient, inexpensive, and nontoxic alternative to ethidium bromide for the detection of DNA. This unique product stains DNA deep blue in agarose gels, providing vivid, consistent results.

Features and Benefits

• Engages students in a real-world public health issue
• Includes preamplified PCR samples to study the technique without a thermal cycler
• Contains reagents and consumables for 8 lab stations (32 students)

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