Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Dr. Kary Mullis first described polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 1983, and won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993 for his work performed on PCR. Dr. Mullis considered PCR a concept rather than a technique, but the most important aspect to his concept is that PCR literally can pull out a small piece of DNA from its context and amplify it. PCR may have a relatively recent front on science, but it certainly has brought forth a new horizon and led to advances in many frontiers including forensic medicine, molecular science, genetic disease, and many areas of medicine.
PCR is a key part…