Kary Mullis
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- The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) allows scientists to make millions of copies of scarce DNA. The technique is used to diagnosis of genetic defects, the detection of the AIDs virus in human cells, and tolink specific persons to samples of blood or hair via DNA comparison.
- I discovered PCR testing while driving one day in 1985. It was truly a "eureka" moment. Little did I know how much attention this test would gain after Covid-19 struck the world.
- I came up with a way that could synthesize a specific DNA and make numerous copies of it.
- I was driving from the Bay Area to my cabin in Mendocino when all of the sudden..
- If you take H20 and add 18uL to.. then you'll get the concentration the total mix and successfully synthesize DNA!!
- In 1993, I was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry for my invention of PCR.
- Congratulations on your award Kary Mullis!
- I graduated with my bachelors degree in chemistry in 1966. I went on to receive a PhD in biochemistry at the University of California, Berkley, in 1972
- I can smell colors and see sounds
- Uh.. back in the 70s/60s I did a lot of LSD, like a LOT. But it was while I was practicing clandestine chemistry. I synthesized LSD and various other psychedelic amphetamines. A lot of people were doing it back in Berkeley, and I found it a very mind opening experience.
- I leave this world with my discoveries and hope that there will be a great use for it in the future.
- So.. I'm actually dead, I died on August 7 2019. I remember recounting my life on my death bed and all of my accomplishments. In my memoir, I include the invention of PCR and how it kickstarted a new age in biology.
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