It appeared in April 1953 in the scientific paper where James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure of the DNA-helix.” says of the double-helix discovery: “The sentence ‘This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest’ may be one of science’s most famous understatements. Watson later suggested Franklin deserved a Nobel for chemistry, along with Wilkins, if it were not for the prohibition on posthumous nominations. Franklin’s work on X-ray diffraction images of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix, for which James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
The Nobel Committee does not make posthumous prize nominations, but if it did, British chemist and researcher Rosalind Franklin, who died on April 16, 1958, is widely regarded as a deserving recipient.
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