Rosalind Franklin, 1920–58 KU the toll it can take

the toll it can take on the victims

With Carole King and Ellie Greenwich

’ I was glued to my seat

and how that cruelty echoes on in the mind for years

Rosalind Franklin, 1920–58 KU the toll it can takeWhen the double helix structure of DNA was discovered, scientists claimed that they had unravelled the secret of life itself. The crucial piece of evidence was provided by the expert crystallographer Rosalind Franklin the famous photograph 51, an X ray picture showing a dark cross of dots, the signature image of a concealed molecular spiral. The life changing innovations that followed mapping the human genome, test tube babies, genetic engineering all