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Mar 27, 2024 · Friedrich Miescher (born August 13, 1844, Basel, Switzerland—died August 26, 1895, Davos) was a Swiss student of cell metabolism and the discoverer of nucleic acids. In 1869, while working under Ernst Hoppe-Seyler at the University of Tübingen , Miescher discovered a substance containing both phosphorus and nitrogen in the nuclei of white ...
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Friedrich Miescher. Johannes Friedrich Miescher (13 August 1844 – 26 August 1895) was a Swiss physician and biologist. He was the first scientist to isolate nucleic acid in 1869. Miescher also identified protamine and made several other discoveries. Miescher had isolated various phosphate-rich chemicals, which he called nuclein (now nucleic ...
- University of Göttingen (M.D. 1868), University of Lepzig
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Apr 22, 2013 · 1869: DNA First Isolated. Friedrich Miescher isolates DNA for the first time. Miescher, a Swiss scientist, wanted to study the chemistry of cells. He chose to study white blood cells, which are abundant in pus, and were abundantly available to him in bandages from a hospital near his university. Miescher isolated a material rich in phosphorus ...
Sep 15, 2023 · Friedrich Miescher: The Pioneer of Nucleic Acid Discovery. As medical research that is founded on nucleic acids continues to progress, we take a step back to look at the man who first discovered nucleic acids. In the annals of scientific history, the name Friedrich Miescher stands tall as a pioneer whose groundbreaking work paved the way for ...
Friedrich's father was a physician and taught pathological anatomy; Friedrich's uncle, Wilhelm His, was a well-known embryologist. Miescher was an excellent student despite his shyness and a hearing handicap. Miescher initially wanted to be a priest, but his father opposed the idea and Miescher entered medical school.
Feb 15, 2005 · Johann Friedrich Miescher (Fig. 1 A) was born in Basel, Switzerland on August 13, 1844, into a family of scientists (His, 1897b).His father, Johann F. Miescher, and more notably his uncle, Wilhelm His (Fig. 1 B), were renowned physicians and professors of anatomy and physiology at the University of Basel.
Feb 19, 2010 · Between 1868 and 1869, Miescher worked at the University of Tübingen in Germany (Figs 2,3), where he tried to understand the chemical basis of life.A crucial difference in his approach compared with earlier attempts was that he worked with isolated cells—leukocytes that he obtained from pus—and later purified nuclei, rather than whole organs or tissues.
