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 NERFINISHED
associatedWithConcept base pairing
complementary strands of DNA
genetic code
associatedWithDiscovery Watson–Crick model of DNA NERFINISHED
associatedWithInstitution King’s College London NERFINISHED
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Rosalind Franklin NERFINISHED
awardedBy Karolinska Institute NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
chronologyPrevious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 NERFINISHED
country Sweden
field genetics
medicine
molecular biology
physiology
foundedBy Alfred Nobel NERFINISHED
hasCategory life sciences award
hasImpactOn biomedical research
development of molecular biology
understanding of genetic inheritance
hasLaureate Francis H. C. Crick NERFINISHED
James D. Watson NERFINISHED
Maurice H. F. Wilkins NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfLaureates 3
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1962/summary/
isEditionOf Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED
languageOfOfficialCitation English
Swedish
locationOfCeremony Stockholm NERFINISHED
notAwardedTo Rosalind Franklin NERFINISHED
partOf Nobel Prize NERFINISHED
presentedBy Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute NERFINISHED
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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