When Kary Mullis, Ph.D., first conceptualized the idea of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 1983 he immediately knew the technology would revolutionize life sciences research. The Nobel ...
CHICAGO — With so much focus on the urgent need for more widespread COVID-19 testing, we take a look back at how the capability came to be. WGN’s Dina Bair has more on the science behind the test in ...
Kary Mullis, PhD, the scientist who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at Cetus during the 1980s, has died from pneumonia at the age of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The claim: PCR creator Kary Mullis said the tests can detect 'anything in anybody' and can't tell you if you're sick Biochemist ...
“What if I had not taken LSD ever; would I have still invented PCR? I don’t know. I doubt it. I seriously doubt it.” In 1986, biochemist Kary Mullis invented the polymerase chain reaction, a technique ...
Lawrence Wangh investigates the changing requirements of PCR in a modern era. Professor Lawrence Wangh, founder and CSO of ThermaGenix Inc (MA, USA), received a BSc in Biology from Brandeis University ...