David Baltimore (jan 1, 1970 – dec 31, 1970)
Description:
Baltimore discovered reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that lets RNA viruses turn their RNA into DNA. This challenged the central dogma of molecular biology and connected to Howard Temin’s work, showing that genetic information can flow from RNA to DNA. (https://www.aai.org/About/History/Notable-Members/Nobel-Laureates/DavidBaltimore#:~:text=Baltimore%20and%20Temin%20independently%20discovered,issue%20of%20Nature%20in%201970.)Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1970
dec 31, 1970
~ 12 months