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BiochemistryIn 1828, Friedrich Wöhler published a paper that shattered the prevailing scientific dogma of his time by synthesizing urea from inorganic starting materials.
Molecular biologyIn 1869, a Swiss biochemist named Friedrich Miescher was examining pus-filled bandages from a surgical hospital in Tübingen, Germany, when he isolated a…
RNAIn 1868, a Swiss chemist named Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from the nuclei of white blood cells that he called nuclein, unaware that…
ProteinIn 1958, John Kendrew and Max Perutz achieved a feat that seemed impossible just decades earlier: they determined the three-dimensional structure of…
GeneIn 1865, a quiet Augustinian friar named Gregor Mendel published a paper that would remain unread for decades, describing how traits passed from parent to…