Mullis wanted to speed things up, and so he developed a technique that would later win him a Nobel prize. His solution was polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a molecular technique that rapidly ...

The technique has a 40-year history, and was developed in 1983 by the biochemist, Kary Mullis, who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery. PCR effectively amplifies selected ...

After unlocking the secrets of DNA, the Nobel prize-winning biochemist traded in his centrifuge for a life of wine, women, ...

DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park ...

And researchers say that PCR could ultimately allow us to determine if our cells will one day harbor cancer. “I thought the method cells use to reproduce their DNA was fairly tedious,” Mullis ...