The PCR Revolution: Basic Technologies and Applications [Hardcover]

Stephen A. Bustin PhD (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521882311 | ISBN-13: 978-0521882316 | Publication Date: November 16, 2009 | Edition: 1

The invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 and remains one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. More than 50,000 researchers in the United States use PCR replication technology, and yet a book has not been published on the subject in more than ten years. In this book, Dr. Stephen A. Bustin, a world-renowned PCR expert, examines in detail the latest innovations and the overall impact of PCR on many areas of molecular research. The book contains personal reflections, opinions, and comments by leading authorities on the many applications of the PCR and how this technology has revolutionized their respective areas of interest. This book conveys the ways in which PCR has overcome many obstacles in life science and clinical research and also charts the PCR's development from time-consuming, low throughput, non-quantitative procedure to today's rapid, high throughput, quantitative super method.

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Book Description

More than 50,000 researchers in the United States use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) replication technology, and yet a book has not been published on the subject in more than 10 years. This book examines in detail the latest innovations and the overall impact of PCR on many areas of molecular research.

About the Author

Stephen A. Bustin (PhD, Trinity College, University of Dublin) is Professor of Molecular Science at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521882311
• ISBN-13: 978-0521882316
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,499,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)