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Professor Brian Cox ‘excited’ to receive Francis Crick Institute scholarship - The 57-year-old will present a new podcast ...
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that ...
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick (search), who with James Watson (search) discovered the spiral, "double-helix" structure of DNA, paving the way for everything from DNA blood tests to ...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that guide the formation of a functional beating heart.
Francis Crick, whose co-discovery of the structure of DNA launched the modern genetics revolution and opened the road to biotechnology, has died in La Jolla at age 88.
Francis Crick, one of the premier biologists of the 20th century, passed away last week in San Diego. On his 88th birthday last month, I brought him chocolates and spent the day with him in his ...
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart’s own contractions trigger biological signals that guide the formation of a functional beating heart. Their study in zebrafish ...
Francis Crick was a pioneer molecular biologist who is credited, along with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, with discovering the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. The trio won the ...
"Francis is an atheist," Barondes, age 70, told me a few months before Crick's death. "He wants to remove the element of a divine power at work in biology. He is looking for solid, scientific answers.