DNA Structure
InventorWatson and Crick
Year1953
CategoryScience
OriginEngland
About DNA Structure
They used X-ray data from Rosalind Franklin without her knowledge or consent. The double helix model explained how DNA replicates. Franklin died of cancer in 1958 and could not share the 1962 Nobel Prize. The discovery launched modern genetics and biotechnology.
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