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Nobel Laureate and PCR Inventor Kary Mullis Dies

Kary Mullis, PhD, the scientist who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at Cetus during the 1980s, has died from pneumonia at the age of ...
Poynter

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The State

Dreher High School grad who revolutionized DNA has died

Kary Mullis, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who graduated from Columbia’s Dreher High School, died Wednesday at the age of 74. Mullis was famous for developing the technique for amplifying DNA, a ...
Post and Courier

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who grew up in SC capital dies at 74

Kary Banks Mullis, who won the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry, died Wednesday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 74. Born Dec. 28, 1944, in Hickory, N.C., Mullis was the son of Cecil B. Mullis and ...
The New York Times

Kary B. Mullis, 74, Dies; Found a Way to Analyze DNA and Won Nobel

His discovery created a new world of possibilities in diagnosing disease, unearthing the past and assisting in criminal cases, including O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. By Dylan Loeb McClain Kary B.
C&EN

Kary Mullis dies at age 74

Kary B. Mullis, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, died Aug. 7 of pneumonia at the age of 74. He won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for ...
The Scientist

The Matthew Binns Selection

I think all molecular biologists would recognize that the papers describing di-deoxy sequencing 1 and Kary Mullis' PCR technique 2 have changed the world of science profoundly. Mullis, a true "gonzo" ...
The Scientist

Mr. Cycle: An Automated PCR Prototype

A 1985 prototype of a semi-automated thermal cycler, hot and cold water baths not included. Credit: Courtesy of The Smithsonian Institution" />A 1985 prototype of a semi-automated thermal cycler, hot ...
Los Angeles Times

Kary Mullis, quirky Nobel laureate whose DNA discovery changed the science world, dies

Kary B. Mullis was an LSD-dropping, climate-change-denying, astrology-believing, board surfing, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who was both widely respected and equally criticized for his controversial ...
Charlotte Observer

Dreher High School grad who revolutionized DNA has died

Kary Mullis, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who graduated from Columbia’s Dreher High School, died Wednesday at the age of 74. Mullis was famous for developing the technique for amplifying DNA, a ...
BioTechniques

Nobel Laureate, Kary Mullis, dies age 74

Kary Mullis died on August 7 th 2019, from pneumonia. The 1993 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, who received the award for the invention of the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), was 74 years old. Kary ...