Rosalind Franklin, a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer, made the breakthrough discovery of DNA’s helix structure in Photo 51 in 1952. This image became the key to understanding the structure of DNA and opened the gates for molecular biology. She paved the way for Watson, Crick and Wallace to confirm the DNA double helix, for which the men received the Nobel Prize in 1962. Her unflinching approach to research and chemistry pushed aside gender stereotypes to advance genetic knowledge. Amb

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