= Loop-mediated isothermal amplification
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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: https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/92172/what-are-the-trade-offs-between-polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr-vs-loop-mediated
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5zi2P4lggw]
{title=Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Tutorial by New England Biolabs (2015)}
{description=Explains the basic LAMP concept well.}
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