Francis Crick
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Francis Crick was a British scientist who, along with James Watson, discovered the double helix structure of DNA—the molecule that carries genetic instructions for all living things. His work fundamentally changed biology by explaining how genetic information is stored and passed on, laying the foundation for modern genetics and medicine.
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- Crick DNA Story
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Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins played crucial roles in deciphering the helical structure of the DNA molecule.
Crick and Watson's paper in Nature in 1953 laid the groundwork for understanding DNA structure and functions. Together with Maurice Wilkins, they were jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
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1916 births2004 deaths20th-century English physicistsAdmiralty personnel of World War IIAlumni of Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeAlumni of the University of LondonAlumni of University College LondonBritish activists against female genital mutilationBritish consciousness researchers and theoristsBritish critics of ChristianityBritish fellows of the Royal Society