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Rosalind Franklin was born in London
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She graduated in Natural Sciences from Newnham College in Cambridge and then enrolled in a doctored in physical chemistry
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She accepted a research position in the British Coal Utilisation Research Association
The research on carbon allowed her to obtain a doctorate in Cambridge -
Discovered the key properties of DNA
Finally facilitated the correct description of the duoble-linking structure of DNA. -
The day before unveiling the structure of the tabacco mosaic virus at an internacional fair in Brussels , he died of ovarian cancer at the age of 37
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Frankling is best know for his work on DNA x-ray diffraction images while in London.
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Aaron Klug, a member of this team, continued his research and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
