An article written for Time Magazine, but never published, could have rewritten the history of how DNA was discovered.
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Vegan wool, peanut coats and the discovery of DNA: the forgotten life of scientist William Astbury
Florence Bell’s work producing X-rays of DNA laid the foundations for one of the landmark discoveries of 20th century science.
Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.
You are probably familiar with graphics depicting the double helix structure of DNA. But have you ever seen a single DNA molecule standing straight?
It’s 65 years since the structure of DNA was first published, but the woman who made that possible remains unknown to many people.
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Author and Honorary Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Molecular Biology, Florida State University
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Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Miami University
