Cetus Corporation
Cetus Corporation was an American biotechnology company based in Emeryville, California. It is described as the first biotechnology company.1)
Kary Mullis pioneered the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) while working at Cetus.2)
History
Cetus was founded in 1971 by Donald Glaser, Moshe Alafi, Ron Cape, and Peter Farley.
External links
1)
First-Hand:Starting Up Cetus, the First Biotechnology Company - 1973 to 1982. (2015, March 4). Engineering and Technology History Wiki. https://archive.ph/WdWMF
2)
Rabinow, P. (1996). Making PCR: a story of biotechnology. University Of Chicago Press. https://archive.org/details/makingpcrstoryof00rabi/mode/1up