Mullis, Kary
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- Washington post WWW site, viewed Aug. 13, 2019(Kary Mullis, who shared a Nobel Prize in chemistry for devising a technique vital in DNA research and technology, died Aug. 7 [2019] in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 74. A 1966 chemistry graduate of Georgia Tech who held a 1973 PhD from the University of California at Berkeley; Kary Banks Mullis was born Dec. 28, 1944, in Lenoir, N.C. After receiving a doctorate in biochemistry from Berkeley, Dr. Mullis did research at other universities before joining Cetus Corp., then a San Francisco Bay area biotechnology firm. He later became the chief of molecular biology for another corporation, Xytronyx Inc., in San Diego. Subsequently, he has been described as freelancing as a consultant)
- The polymerase chain reaction, c1994:t.p. (Kary B. Mullis) t.p. verso (La Jolla, CA)
- Kary Mullis WWW Site, 20 Dec. 2007:Biography page (Kary Banks Mullis, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, was born on Dec. 28, 1944, in Lenoir, N.C.; Dr. Mullis)
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Kary Banks Mullis (December 28, 1944 – August 7, 2019) was an American biochemist. In recognition of his role in the invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, he shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Michael Smith and was awarded the Japan Prize in the same year. PCR became a central technique in biochemistry and molecular biology, described by The New York Times as "highly original and significant, virtually dividing biology into the two epochs of before PCR and after PCR." Mullis downplayed humans' role in climate change, expressed doubt that HIV is the cause of AIDS, and professed a belief in astrology and the paranormal. He also practiced clandestine chemistry by producing LSD. Mullis's unscientific statements about topics outside his area of expertise have been named by Skeptical Inquirer as an instance of "Nobel disease".
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