{"id":13530,"date":"2025-02-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=13530"},"modified":"2025-01-24T06:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:21:42","slug":"pcr-invented-strangest-circumstances-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/pcr-invented-strangest-circumstances-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"PCR Was Invented Under the Strangest Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The World\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaXKQ70q4KQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kary Mullis\u2019 invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) stemmed from a mix of creative thinking and automation, freeing up his routine lab tasks. This innovation amplified DNA and revolutionized science, paving the way for diagnostics, forensic breakthroughs, and life-saving advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kary Mullis\u2019 invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) stemmed from a mix of creative thinking and automation,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7306\/9986118186_bf33c92ce6_h.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[4318,4323,4326,4328,4317,4316,4325,4331,4321,4322,4330,4314,4329,4312,4320,4315,4313,4311,4319,4324,216,4327,189],"class_list":["post-13530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-and-body","category-math-and-the-sciences","tag-covid-19-testing","tag-dna-amplification","tag-dna-technology","tag-forensic-applications","tag-genetic-diagnostics","tag-global-health-advancements","tag-kary-mullis","tag-lab-automation-impact","tag-modern-science-breakthroughs","tag-molecular-biology-advancements","tag-pcr-applications","tag-pcr-history","tag-pcr-innovation","tag-pcr-invention","tag-polymerase-chain-reaction","tag-revolutionary-scientific-tools","tag-scientific-collaboration","tag-taq-polymerase","tag-thermus-aquaticus","tag-transformative-biotechnologies","tag-veritasium-2","tag-wrongful-conviction-dna-testing","tag-youtube","post_format-post-format-video","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13531,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13530\/revisions\/13531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}