When DNA pioneer's Nobel Prize and mementos are sold, science profits

Monday, April 8, 2013 - 11:11 in Mathematics & Economics

The descendants of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, are likely to receive a seven-figure sum from this week's sales of the late researcher's Nobel Prize and a handwritten letter describing the structure of the DNA molecule — but the geneticists who are carrying on Crick's legacy will win a dividend as well."We'll probably be giving more money to the Francis Crick Institute than ...

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