1953
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Events
- The first successful open-heart surgery on a human, utilizing a cardiopulmonary bypass pump ("heart-lung machine"), is performed in Philadelphia.
- The DNA double helix is first formally described.
- A paper is published under the name "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid".
This work is often ranked as one of the most dramatic biological discoveries of the 20th century.
- A paper is published under the name "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid".
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