Scientist able to take the First Direct Picture of DNA double helix

After 59 years of discovering the structure of DNA double helix model by James Dewey Watson and Francis Crick, an Italian Scientist has become capable of capturing of its (DNA) first Direct images using electron microscopy.

According to the journal published on  Nanoletters, Enzo di Fabrizio, head of the Nano-structures Department at the University of Genoa, and his team took pictures of its structure which has previously only been observed indirectly using X-ray crystallography.

"With improved sample preparation and better imaging resolution, we could directly observe DNA at the level of single bases," said Di Fabrizio according to New Scientist.

This will be be benficial for the Genetic researchers to get detail information about DNA and observe how it interacts with other substances.

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