Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick — the first to figure out DNA’s shape — stole data from another scientist named Rosalind Franklin.

Rosalind Franklin was known for her intellectual rigour, keen sense of justice, and strong personality. She was a private ...

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KELLY: Rosalind Franklin died in 1958 at the age of 37, four years before Watson, Crick and another scientist were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work, with no mention of Franklin's contribution.

FILE - A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research on Oct. 18, 1962. The discovery of DNA’s “twisted ladder” structure ...

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It was there that Franklin captured the iconic Photograph 51, an X-ray image showing DNA’s criss-cross shape. Then, the story gets tricky.

A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research on Oct. 18, 1962. The discovery of DNA’s “twisted ladder” structure 70 ...

Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick — the first to figure out DNA’s shape — stole data from another scientist named Rosalind Franklin.

It was there that Franklin captured the iconic Photograph 51, an X-ray image showing DNA’s criss-cross shape. Then, the story gets tricky.

Rosalind Franklin’s role in DNA discovery gets a new twist Historians suggest scientist was more of a collaborator than a victim April 29, 2023 at 3:34 a.m. by MADDIE BURAKOFF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...