PerkinElmer Cetus

The first commercial system for performing the thermal cycling required in the polymerase chain reaction, the Perkin-Elmer Cetus DNA Thermal Cycler, was introduced in 1987. The Cetus thermal cycler allows for flexible temperature programming, step duration, and rapid heating and cooling from step to step for consistent results.      

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