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Friedrich Miescher

Friedrich Miescher (1844 - 1895) was a biologist born in Basel. He discovered the nucleic acids (e.g. DNA) during his work at the Felix Hoppe-Seyler[?] laboratory in Tübingen.

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Friedrich Miescher Laboratory (http://www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/)

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