Photo 51 Cracked DNA. She Never Got the Credit.
20th Century

Photo 51 Cracked DNA. She Never Got the Credit.

She discovered the structure of DNA, but a single photograph stolen from her lab gave two men a Nobel Prize.

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GeneticsWomen In ScienceScientific DiscoveryAcademic FraudInstitutional SexismNobel PrizeDNA ResearchX Ray CrystallographyCambridge UniversityKings College LondonMedical Research20th Century

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