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Making PCR - A Story Of Biotechnology (Paperback, New edition)
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Making PCR - A Story Of Biotechnology (Paperback, New edition)
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This is a behind-the-scenes account of the invention of one of the
most significant biotechnological 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. This study explores the culture of biotechnology
as it emerged at Cetus 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 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. This book shows how a contingently-assembled
practice emerged, composed of distinctive subjects, the site where
they worked, and the object they invented.
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