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Kary Mullis’ Eureka Moment

Posted on March 26, 2010April 4, 2010 By Andrew Thaler
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In honor of Dave’s first PCR result (or lack thereof), here’s Dr. Kary Mullis discussing the discovery of the polymerase chain reaction.

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