A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. However, it has long been believed that the trio never would've made this significant discovery if they hadn't stolen data from Rosalind Franklin, a British chemist who was the first person to determine that DNA had a helical structure, similar to a spiral staircase.
"We wanted to set the record straight," Nathaniel Comfort , a professor of the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and co-author of the paper, told Live Science. The second piece of evidence was a letter written by Pauline Cowan, one of Franklin's colleagues. In the letter, Cowan invited Crick to a speech given by Franklin about how DNA can take on different forms.
In his 1968 book"The Double Helix," Watson alleged that he saw Franklin's photograph without her knowing and upon first glance he was able to spot DNA's double-helix structure, making it appear that Franklin lacked the knowledge to decipher the image on her own, according to the paper.
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