Unlocking DNA: The Nobel Breakthrough

The 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists who cracked the

code of how our cells know what to build. Francis Crick, James Watson,

and Maurice Wilkins discovered the double helix structure of DNA, revealing how genetic

information is stored and copied. Picture this twisted ladder where each rung is made of

chemical pairs that spell out instructions for every protein in your body. What blew everyone's

mind was how elegantly simple it was. The two strands separate like a zipper,

and each side becomes a template to create a perfect copy. This discovery changed everything.

Suddenly we understood heredity, mutations, and how traits pass from parents to