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.



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