Kary Mullis shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his discovery of an elegant technique to amplify parts of the DNA molecule, an invention that changed the face of medical diagnostics and crime scene investigations.

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Kary Mullis shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his discovery of an elegant technique to amplify parts of the DNA molecule, an invention that changed the face of medical diagnostics and crime scene investigations.