Miescher named this molecule "nuclein," which was later changed to "nucleic acid" and eventually to "deoxyribonucleic acid," or DNA. Interestingly, Miescher did not believe that nuclein was the ...
The substance discovered was named “nuclein,” which would later be called nucleic acid and eventually, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The discovery was made in 1869 by then twenty-four year-old Swiss ...