Meridian’s VLP-RNA Extraction Controls offer a simple and effective way to reduce false-negative results in RT-qPCR assays. The biomimetic controls are composed of virus-like particle (VLP) shells packaged with a defined number of copies of target RNA molecules. Their composition closely resembles a test sample and serves as a full-process control, monitoring the success of an RT-qPCR assay from lysis/extraction to reverse transcription and amplification.