"One of the amazing story of Science"
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐂𝐑
Kary Mullis invented PCR while working as a scientist for the Cetus Corporation. He conceived the idea while cruising in a Honda Civic on Highway 128 from San Francisco to Mendocino in April 1983. Mullis recalls seeing a polymerase chain reaction as clear as if it were up on a blackboard in his head, in lurid pink and blue images. He pulled over and started scribbling. One basic ingredient of PCR is that it amplifies DNA by constant repetition—rather like the computer programs Mullis was then involved in writing. Kary Mullis was given a $10,000 bonus by Cetus, who at first failed to realize the significance of the discovery. Later, they sold the technology to Roche for $300,000,000.
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