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|birth = 13 August 1844<br> | |birth = 13 August 1844<br>[[Basel]], [[Switzerland]] | ||
|death = 26 August 1895<br>{{Wiki|Davos}}, Switzerland | |death = 26 August 1895<br>{{Wiki|Davos}}, Switzerland | ||
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Johannes Friedrich Miescher (1844 – 1895) was a Swiss physician and biologist, as well as the first person to discover nucleic acid.
Biography
In 1869, at the young age of twenty-five, Miescher discovered DNA while studying leukocytes on pus-ridden bandages. After several experiments, he found a way to separate the nuclei from its cytoplasm, extracting a substance from the former. Miescher referred to the substance as nuclein, which became known as nucleic acid after 1874.[1]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)