"I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code"
- Sydney Brenner
About this Quote
Sydney Brenner was a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was instrumental in the discovery of the genetic code. In this quote, he is explaining his efforts to discover a way to split the hereditary code. He established a laboratory in the Department of Physiology at the Medical School in South Africa and began to look for a bacteriophage system that might be utilized to resolve the hereditary code. A bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria, and Brenner believed that by studying the hereditary product of the bacteriophage, he could acquire insight into the genetic code. His research succeeded, and he was able to make substantial contributions to the field of genes. His work helped to transform the field of genetics and led the way for additional discoveries.
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