Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 for DNA structure

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 for DNA structure was awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins for their discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA, a breakthrough that transformed molecular biology and genetics.

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instanceOf Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ
announcementCity Stockholm ⓘ
associatedWithConcept base pairing ⓘ
complementary strands of DNA ⓘ
genetic code ⓘ
associatedWithDiscovery Watson–Crick model of DNA ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution King’s College London ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Rosalind Franklin ⓘ
awardedBy Karolinska Institute ⓘ
awardFor discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids ⓘ
discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA ⓘ
awardYear 1962 ⓘ
chronologyNext Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 ⓘ
chronologyPrevious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
field genetics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
foundedBy Alfred Nobel ⓘ
hasCategory life sciences award ⓘ
hasImpactOn biomedical research ⓘ
development of molecular biology ⓘ
understanding of genetic inheritance ⓘ
hasLaureate Francis H. C. Crick ⓘ
linked to: Francis Crick

James D. Watson ⓘ
linked to: James Watson

Maurice H. F. Wilkins ⓘ
linked to: Maurice Wilkins
hasNumberOfLaureates 3 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1962/summary/ ⓘ
isEditionOf Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
languageOfOfficialCitation English ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locationOfCeremony Stockholm ⓘ
notAwardedTo Rosalind Franklin ⓘ
partOf Nobel Prize ⓘ
presentedBy Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute ⓘ
reasonForNotAwardingToRosalindFranklin Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously ⓘ
relatedConcept deoxyribonucleic acid ⓘ
genetic material ⓘ
molecular genetics ⓘ
relatedWork DNA double helix model ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorkRecognized early 1950s ⓘ

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