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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2025

Analyzing qPCR data: Better practices to facilitate rigor and reproducibility.

Thomas H Hampton, Lily Taub, Kiyoshi Ferreria-Fukutani, Bruce A Stanton, Todd A MacKenzie

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas H HamptonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.
Lily TaubDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.
Kiyoshi Ferreria-FukutaniDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.
Bruce A StantonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.
Todd A MacKenzieDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) remains a widely used, cost-effective method for RNA quantitation, yet many published studies inadequately comply with MIQE (Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments) and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reproducible) data principles. Widespread reliance on the 2

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