a) Francis crick- Discovered the structure of that DNA that it's shaped like a twisted ladder and understood the way it replicates. b) Rosalind Franklin- She discovered the dimension of DNA strand and that the phosphate group was on the outside of the helical structure. c) James Watson- Together with Francis they discovered the structure of DNA and that he also discovered that hydrogen bonds were the correct length and were straight.…
Henrietta Lacks was a 30- year - old black mother of five when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951. She went to Johns Hopkins hospital to have the tumor looked at; they took a sample and sent her home. A few weeks later, when Dr. Lawrence Wharton Jr. was prepping Henrietta for treatment he took two samples from her one from the tumor and one from her healthy cervix. He never asked Henrietta if he could take these samples from her. Dr. Wharton Jr. took the samples down to Dr. Gey’s lab; he got excited but thought the cells would just die like all the rest.…
In 1951 he went to the Zoological Station at Naples and met Maurice Wilkins and saw crystalline DNA’s X-rays diffraction pattern for the first time3. That fall he moved his research to the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory2. He met Francis Crick there too who shared his interest in puzzling out the structure of DNA1. Model showed the DNA molecule could duplicate itself3. They published their findings in the British journal Nature in April-May 19532.…
Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. C. (2003). A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. 1953. Nature, 421(6921), 397 Watson, J. D. (1968). The double helix; a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA (1st ed.).…
He went on to say he hoped that everyone was equal, but he countered that “people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true.” Watson is no stranger to irrational annotations and controversies. He and Francis Crick relied in part on Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray diffraction data to determine the structure of DNA. They could not have proposed the correct structure as early in 1953 as they did without access to Franklin’s data. When they were awarded the…
That wish was granted with he was given a fellowship for a graduate study at the Indiana University in Bloomington where he got his Ph.D. in 1950. His every thought became connected to genetics and his love for the subject grew and grew, that same year he studied DNA this time he attempted to work with viruses and how they affected different kinds of DNA. In the spring of 1951, he met with Maurice Wilkins to consult some research. During the meetup, maurice showed James the x-ray diffraction pattern of crystalline DNA this was the first time he had seen anything like it. The very pattern was realized to have a simple answer the x-ray was so symmetrical, the same diffraction pattern was what sparked their idea that DNA was the shape of a helix.…
James Watson along with Francis Crick helped discover what we know about DNA today. They helped shape what we know about DNA and changed the world with scientific contributions. James Watson along with his colleagues helped shape the modern science of today with his many studies of DNA, cancer, and genomes. James Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 6th, 1928. When he was young he attended Horace Mann Grammar School for 8 years and then attended South Shore High School for two years.…
In the article by Andrew Irvine, it is argued that scientific progress is not certain and that it is a delicate practice that needs nurturing and care. Using firsthand experience from visiting an archeological site in Saskatchewan called a Medicine Wheel. Irvine explains that seeing the structure reminds him of the "fragility of science" (Irvine, 338). He concludes that because of the unknown purpose or purposes of the wheels that their scientific ideas are lost to time and the discoveries made by the aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan have been forgotten. Using this single example and a quote from philosopher Sidney Hook, Irvine concluded that science needs to be coddled and protected or else the same fate will be upon the discoveries of our…
Science is continually involved in our everyday lives and without the betterment that was done by Watson we wouldn’t have many things. The human genome project focuses on genetics that cause diseases. With studying into genetics we are now able to understand the pirblem fully and soon solve them. Soon cures to diseases such as cancer will be created. Furthermore the human genome project teaches scientists to reach for their dreams which is a large part of the American dream.…
If you had told someone in the early 1800’s that every cell in your body contains something called DNA made of molecules called nucleotides (DNA) that determine every characteristic about you, from your height and eye color to whether or not you’ll get a certain disease or condition, they would think you were crazy. Today, most students learn about DNA in middle school biology. DNA was first discovered by a German biochemist named Frederich Miescher in 1869, but its importance was not realized until 1953 (DNA). Genetic testing, “a type of medical test that identifies changes in chromosomes, genes, or proteins” (What is Genetic Testing?), however, was first done in the 1910s with ABO blood typing (O’Neil). Today, testing is used for determining paternity, determining a person’s chance of developing or passing on a genetic disorder, and to confirm or rule out a suspected genetic condition (What is genetic testing?).…
Having a difficult time understanding the text leaves me feeling a bit at a loss for writing this essay. I am hoping that in my attempt to put something together on paper it will somehow make sense and hold some relation to the task that has been appointed. As I understand the difference between an argument of definition or causality I am left confused after reading the Zizek chapter three times. It seems that the text and his ideas although are supposed to be about ecology tend to take paths into other ideas, that I cannot seem to keep up with. When first reading the chapters I was feeling that his argument was more of an argument of causality; the idea that there is a cause and effect happening in with the word ecology and what it supposed to mean and what it actually means.…
Those scientists would then try the same experiments to prove the idea for themselves. They wanted to do tests and experiments to prove their ideas and share it with the world. A third way a search for knowledge was important is that the Bible was the primary source of knowledge in the Dark Age. People were pushed around and told how life happened. In the Scientific Revolution, scientists wanted to prove the bible wrong or right one way or…
As this year common reader at Barry University, we are learning information about DNA and how it personalized medicine. We are now in the genome era. It’s a major part of health and human being. In the mini conference, the keynote speaker Dr. Carla Easter is included in Community Involvement Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute and informs us about the Genome Project, how it apply to our health and how it evolved around society. My generation was the one that grew up with the Genome Project.…
Famous Geneticist James D. Watson DNA is the most famous molecule that is found in the world today, though it was quite a late discovery in the scientific world. [5] James Watson was one of the geneticists that helped discover the structure of DNA. James Watson was an Academic, Biologist, Geneticist, Zoologist, and a scientist. He was born on the 6th of April 1928 in Chicago and is now 87 years old. Watson was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping discover the double-helix structure of DNA.…
This opportunity allows doctors and scientists to investigate the working of human DNA and potentially find cures for the most deadly diseases known to man. There is potential for greatness in this field of study; it’s just the people unwilling to support it. The future of medicine and treatment of diseases relies on the advances made in human genetic engineering studies. The Human Genome Project, an organization devoted to determining the sequence of chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, completed a “rough draft” in the year 2003…