Johann Friedrich Miescher
1844-1895
Swiss scientist who discovered nucleic acids. Miescher found that the nuclei of the white blood cells found in pus contained a substance containing phosphorous and ...
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DNA is now a household word, but its existence was unknown until 1869. During that year, Johann Friedreich Miescher II first isolated DNA from cells. Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1844, he was the son...
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Johann Friedrich Miescher
Johann Friedreich Miescher, II