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Kary Mullis

Scientist · born December 28, 1944 · died 2019

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Kary Banks Mullis 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.

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  1. ~49Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1993
  2. ~49Received the Japan Prize1993

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