In 1963, a chance encounter with a squirrel near Disneyland led to the invention of the first-ever polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a technique that revolutionized biology and medicine. Kary Mullis was driving to his cabin in Northern California when he had an epiphany inspired by the squirrel dodging his car, changing how we amplify DNA sequences forever.
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