Database: Discovering DNA

//Germany//1869
Johann Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA in 1869 while studying on pus-ridden bandages. After multiple experiments, he found a way to separate the from its and extracted a substance from the nuclei. He referred to this substance as nuclein, and it became known as after 1874.
Miescher was only twenty-five years old when he made the groundbreaking discovery.
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