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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