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A Story of Biotechnology
University Of Chicago Press
November 1997
On Sale: November 10, 1997
198 pages
ISBN: 0226701476
EAN: 9780226701479
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Making PCR is the fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of
the invention of one of the most significant biotech
discoveries in our time—the polymerase chain reaction.
Transforming the practice and potential of molecular
biology, PCR extends scientists' ability to identify and
manipulate genetic materials and accurately reproduces
millions of copies of a given segment in a short period of
time. It makes abundant what was once scarce—the genetic
material required for experimentation. Making PCR explores the culture of biotechnology as it
emerged at Certus Corporation during the 1980s and focuses
on its distinctive configuration of scientific, technical,
social, economic, political, and legal elements, each of
which had its own separate trajectory over the preceding
decade. The book contains interviews with the remarkable
cast of characters who made PCR, including Kary Mullin, the
maverick who received the Nobel prize for "discovering" it,
as well as the team of young scientists and the company's
business leaders.
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