Crick, Francis and Maurice Wilkins
- Crick, Francis and Maurice Wilkins
Crick b. 1916, Northampton; Wilkins b. 1916, Pongeroa (New Zealand)
Scientists
Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, together with James Watson, can be said to have fundamentally advanced knowledge of the way in which heredity and biology affect the human body. In the early 1950s, Wilkins and Crick discovered that the basic building block of human life was to be found in deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule taking the form of a double helix which underpins the protein structure necessary for life. This insight led to a basic understanding of human life. Combined with computerized methods of analysing each part of the human gene, it has led to the internationally supported human genome project. The aim of that project is to have a complete map of the genetic make-up of human life by the end of the millennium. The project has raised questions as to whether knowledge about the basis of human life is patentable, and has reawakened the naturenurture debate. Crick, in particular, has recently been reported as emphasizing genetic determinism, but it is far from clear that this is his final position.
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