The hunt for where life comes from and what life consists of involved many different personalities, places, and events that came together to reveal an answer that had particularly become of interest in the years preceding the discovery, as much of the world tried to move away from death and closer to life. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure and function of the nucleic acid DNA, the macromolecule found in living organisms. …showed first 75 words of 2414 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2414 total…of life" led to the discovery of the most essential molecule in this world. It is the molecule of life... it is life. Through the process of replication, a new one is formed and, as Watson and Crick stated, it is "as close as we will ever come to immortality." It represents, not just a structure 20 nm thick, but a victory of science, and a molecule found in everything that is living and gives life.