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‘Not a victim’: Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the mystery of DNA structure

New Delhi : It is a story often told and retold in scientific lore, a story of denial, yet also of inspiration, the story of Rosalind Franklin. The iconic British scientist’s work, some of it shared without her knowledge, helped James Watson and Francis Crick establish the double-helix structure of DNA — and they walked away with all the credit. …

Rosalind Franklin's role in DNA discovery gets a new twist

Rosalind Franklin’s role in DNA discovery gets a new twist

Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA structure’

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British scientist Rosalind Franklin was “an equal contributor” in the discovery …

Every day, scientists across the world labour to come up with ever more accurate and inclusive answers to humanity’s most fundamental queries about the natural and social world. One of the most obvious, and depressing, examples of gender discrimination in science is perhaps the erasure of English chemist Rosalind Franklin’s crucial contribution to the discovery of the double-helix structure of …