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'''Johannes Friedrich Miescher''' ( | |image = ACIDiscoveringDNA.jpg | ||
|birth = 13 August 1844<br>{{Wiki|Basel}}, [[Switzerland]] | |||
|death = 26 August 1895<br>{{Wiki|Davos}}, Switzerland | |||
|species = [[Human]] | |||
|affiliates = {{Wiki|University of Tübingen}} | |||
}} | |||
'''Johannes Friedrich Miescher''' (1844 – 1895) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] physician and biologist, as well as the first person to discover {{Wiki|nucleic acid}}. | |||
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. | ==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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - [[Database: Discovering DNA]]</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{Mdat}} | |||
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Revision as of 13:15, 26 August 2022
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)