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Kary B. Mullis
Full Name of the recipient | Kary B. Mullis |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1993 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Michael Smith (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | La Jolla, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | Lenoir, NC, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 28 December 1944 |
Age at the time of Award | 48 years |