Who Was Francis Crick: Co-Discoverer of the DNA Helix?

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Jul 29, 2004

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Francis Crick, DNA Helix co-Discoverer, Dies at 88

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/SciTech/reuters20040729_350.html

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Jul 29, 2004

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just to had
http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040729/05

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Jul 29, 2004

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Dearly Missed

He cerainly had a great life, and kept producing right up till the cancer felled him. One of the heros.

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