Martha Chase (1928-2003),US molecular biologist. After graduating in 1950,Chase went to work as a laboratory assistant for Alfred Hershey at Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory,New York,USA. Together they worked on the Hershey-Chase blender experiment (1952) that proved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),and not proteins,passes on genetic information. Chase went on to gain a PhD from the University of Southern California (1964). In the late 1960s,her scientific career ended when she experienced a series of personal and financial setbacks. Chase eventually developed dementia,which caused her to lose her short-term memory. Chase died of pneumonia on 8 August 2003 | |
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