Word: dna
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jacob and Monod carried this line of experimentation further, discovered that a macromolecule of DNA itself does not tell the cell what substances to manufacture. Instead, it makes a partial copy of itself, called "messenger RNA," to execute its orders. The Jacob-Monod hypothesis goes on to suggest that a second or "operator" gene, also present in the DNA, may work with the basic gene in a complex feed-back mechanism. And there may even be a third type of gene...
...dramatic are the contributions fungi have made to science and medicine. Yeasts' high content of vitamins makes them effective against beriberi and pellagra. Ergot, derived from fungus-infected grain, speeds labor in childbirth, helps control bleeding. A common red bread mold has vastly facilitated research on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which governs heredity and holds the secret of life...
Watson, professor of Biology, received the Nobel in 1962 for his research into the structure of the genetic material DNA...
Others of the Faculty objected to the phrase "Molecular Biology" in the proposed name of the new committee. A molecular biologist works only with the chemistry of DNA and its associated proteins...
This term, the men felt, is too limited to apply to a committee on biochemistry, which will encompass many biochemical problems other than DNA...