Rosalind Franklin Biography

Rosalind Franklin was born on July 25, 1920, in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom. Raised in a kind and loving family, displayed a broad intelligence throughout her childhood. By the age of 15, she was intrigued with science and knew that she was going to become a well-known scientist. Crazy, right? If I were to ask multiple of my fellow classmates of what they want to be when they’re older, most of the responses would be ‘I haven’t decided yet.’ But this was the complete opposite for Rosalind. Although Rosalind became a well-known chemist, she wasn’t well-known for the way she probably would’ve liked too. As Rosalind grew she became very involved with DNA or in other words, she was a ‘DNA fanatic’. Between 1951-1953 Rosalind Franklin took X-Ray photographs of DNA, which received many compliments from J.D Bernal, another scientist. During this time

The scientists discovered four Nitrogenous bases of DNA; Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine. Also, we can’t forget about Uracil which replaces Thymine, but that’s in RNA only! Along with how Adenine pairs with Thymine and Guanine pairs with Cytosine. But what’s very intriguing about these four bases is how they received their names. Compounds mainly receive their names from their place of origin where they were originally from. The name Adenine came from the pancreas of an ox, which has the Greek prefix aden-. Guanine came from guano, some seabird feces that usually form huge deposits on some islands and often used in fertilizer. Cytosine came from cells and the prefix cyto- but it also includes “ose” which often refers to nucleosides. But this is different from guanosine and adenosine, which are actual nucleosides. Last but not least, the name Thymine comes from thymic acid, which is extracted from the thymus gland. Who would’ve thought that Adenine came from a Greek prefix and the pancreas of an