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Volume 342:595 February 24, 2000 Number 8
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Félix d'Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology

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By William C. Summers. 230 pp. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1999. $30. ISBN 0-300-07127-2.

The history of the biomedical revolution is somewhat vague, even to most scientists participating in it. Although the names Watson and Crick are well known, little has been written about the rich history of molecular biology that preceded the discovery of DNA and the double helix. Félix d'Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology is a much-needed attempt to fill this gap. Félix d'Herelle was a remarkable person, who with only a high-school education, became one of the most accomplished bacteriologists of his day. He was best known for his discovery of bacteriophages, viruses that can infect and destroy bacteria. . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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