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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

 ... Level of organization of bodies Molecular biology DNA DNA amplification Polymerase chain reaction Isothermal DNA amplification techniques
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Like PCR, but does not require thermal cycling. Thus the "isothermal" in the name: iso means same, so "same temperature".
Not needing the thermo cycling means that the equipment needed is much smaller and cheaper it seems.
Trade-offs question: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/92172/what-are-the-trade-offs-between-polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr-vs-loop-mediated
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Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Tutorial by New England Biolabs (2015)
Source. Explains the basic LAMP concept well.

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