Was recorded at Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, California. White, Arnheim, Erlich, and Pasahow discussed the invention of PCR, patent rights, the development of PCR at Cetus, and PCR applications, c. 1980-1992, including: Participants' biographical data; transition of PCR technology from Cetus to Roche Molecular Systems; invention and validation of the PCR technique; diagnostic applications; participants' working relationship with Kary Mullis; laboratory culture at Cetus; and litigation between Cetus and Dupont Company. Visual documentation included: PCR publications; exterior of Roche Molecular Systems facility.

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Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9577, History of the Polymerase Chain Reaction Videohistory Collection