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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 timeβthe 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 scarceβthe 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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