Welcome to Assassin's Creed Wiki! Log in and join the community.
Friedrich Miescher: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>VilkaIsBack No edit summary |
imported>ReverieBot m →References: Category overhaul, replaced: Category:Doctors → Category:Medical doctors |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
[[Category:Swiss]] | [[Category:Swiss]] | ||
[[Category:Scientists]] | [[Category:Scientists]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Medical doctors]] | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 17 May 2023
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)