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Dr Stephen Bustin is a Professor of Molecular Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University (U.K.) and a world-renowned expert on quantitative PCR.
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Stephen Andrew Bustin: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Bustin ↩
The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments: https://www.gene-quantification.de/miqe-bustin-et-al-clin-chem-2009.pdf ↩
RT-qPCR—Facts and Fallacies: An Interview With Professor Stephen Bustin: https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/articles/rt-qpcrfacts-and-fallacies-an-interview-with-professor-stephen-bustin-346520 ↩
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 16 March 2020: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---16-march-2020 ↩
Stability issues of RT-PCR testing of SARS-CoV-2 for hospitalized patients clinically diagnosed with COVID-19: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.25786 ↩
Planet Waves FM Interview with Dr. Stephen Bustin - February 10, 2021: https://planetwaves.net/planet-waves-fm-interview-with-dr-stephen-bustin/ ↩
COVID-19 and Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR—Facts and Fallacies: https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706392/6/Bustin_et_al_2021.pdf ↩
Portuguese Court Rules PCR Tests “Unreliable” & Quarantines “Unlawful”: https://off-guardian.org/2020/11/20/portuguese-court-rules-pcr-tests-unreliable-quarantines-unlawful/ ↩
Austrian court overturns judgment: PCR test not suitable for diagnosis: https://mainland.press/2021/04/02/austrian-court-overturns-judgment-pcr-test-not-suitable-for-diagnosis/ ↩
Austrian court ruling on the PCR (German): https://wp.tagesstimme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Verwaltungsgericht_FPOe-Versammlung.pdf ↩
Variation in False-Negative Rate of Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based SARS-CoV-2 Tests by Time Since Exposure: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-1495 ↩
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