Laying the Groundwork: Levene Investigates the Structure of DNA Meanwhile ... the first to discover the carbohydrate component of DNA (deoxyribose); and the first to correctly identify the ...

Researchers were investigating the wound-healing properties of deoxyribose, a sugar critical in the structure of DNA. While applying the sugar to skin injuries on laboratory mice, scientists ...

The breakthrough centres on deoxyribose, a sugar that occurs naturally in the human body, forming part of DNA's structure. In the first place, researchers were studying the sugar as related to the ...

What did the duo actually discover? 1.2 Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid This highly readable, classic paper describes the Nobel-Prize-winning ...