DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

More than 50 years passed before the significance of Miescher's discovery of nucleic acids was widely appreciated ... the carbohydrate component of DNA (deoxyribose); and the first to correctly ...

What did the duo actually discover? 1.2 Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid This highly readable, classic paper describes the Nobel-Prize-winning ...