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Apr 2, 2014 · Biophysicist Francis Crick helped develop radar and magnetic mines during World War II. After the war, he began researching the structure of DNA for the University of Cambridge Medical Research...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"
Francis Crick (1916-2004) was one of Britain's great scientists. He is best known for his work with James Watson which led to the identification of the structure of DNA in 1953, drawing on the work of Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and others.
Oct 9, 2019 · The discovery of the helical structure of double-stranded DNA settled the matter — and changed biology forever. By. Georgina Ferry. On 25 April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announced 1...
Jul 28, 2004 · Francis Harry Compton Crick. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962. Born: 8 June 1916, Northampton, United Kingdom. Died: 28 July 2004, San Diego, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The discovery in 1953 of the double helix, the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), by James Watson and Francis Crick marked a milestone in the history of science and gave rise to modern molecular biology, which is largely concerned with understanding how genes control the chemical processes within cells.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". To cite this section.
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