A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

THE statements which Stedman and Stedman 1,2,3 have published in NATURE must, it seems, be considered from two points of view. First, there is their chemical analysis leading to the discovery of ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...